INTELLIGENCE AND WISDOM ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS

INTELLIGENCE IS A WONDERFUL QUALITY TO HAVE. HOWEVER, IF I HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN INTELLIGENCE & WISDOM, I’D SAY THAT WISDOM IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN INTELLIGENCE IN OUR LIFE JOURNEY OF CREATING JOY AND ABUNDANCE. THERE ARE MANY HIGHLY INTELLIGENT PEOPLE WHO FAIL TO USE THEIR INTELLIGENCE TO THEIR BEST ADVANTAGE. DO YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE ALSO MANY EXTREMELY INTELLIGENT PEOPLE WHO LIVE VERY UNHAPPY LIVES???

WISDOM IS A QUALITY THAT YOU CANNOT ACCURATELY MEASURE. IT’S INVISIBLE. IT INCLUDES MANY ASPECTS OF LIFE SUCH AS PERSPECTIVE, SPONTANEITY, CREATIVITY, AND SOCIAL SKILLS. WISDOM IS YOUR SENSE OF KNOWING, AN INTUITIVE FEELING. WISDOM IS SEEING SOMETHING IN A NONHABITUAL MANNER. IT’S SEEING AN OLD PROBLEM IN A TOTALLY NEW, FRESH WAY. WISDOM HELPS US DISCOVER AND TRUST OURSELVES MORE. IT ALSO HELPS US TO FREE OURSELVES FROM OUR FIXED AND HABITUAL PATTERNS OF THINKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING.
IN A NUTSHELL, WISDOM IS THE ABILITY TO SEE AN ANSWER WITHOUT HAVING TO THINK OF AN ANSWER. WISDOM DOES EXIST OUTSIDE OF OUR THINKING MIND. WISDOM HELPS US SEE THINGS MORE CKEARLY THAN OUR THINKING MIND AND UNLIKE THE THINKING MIND, WISDOM CONTAINS NO WORRY.

HERE’S A STORY THAT DEMONSTRATES WISDOM. IT IS ABOUT A GIANT TRUCK THAT GETS STUCK UNDER AN OVERPASS. THE TRUCK WAS TOO TALL AND TOO BIG FOR THE AVAILABLE CLEARANCE. THE POLICE THEN CALLED OUT THE BEST, THE BRIGHTEST AND THE MOST EXPENSIE ENGINEERS IN THE CITY TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO SHOULD BE DONE. THEY DISCUSS THE ISSUE AMONG THEMSELVES. THEY RACKED THEIR BRAINS FOR HOURS. BUT STILL THEY SIMPLY COULDN’T FIGURE OUT HOW TO REMOVE THAT GIANT TRUCK WITHOUT DAMAGING THE FREEWAY ABOVE. IT ALL SEEMED SO COMPLICATED. THEN A SMALL BOY, ABOUT SEVEN YEARS OLD, WALKED UP TO THE POLICEMEN AND TUGGED ON ONE OF THEIR PANTS LEGS. EXCUSE ME SIR, THE LITTLE BOY SAID IN A RESPECTFUL TONE. WHY DON’T YOU JUST LET THE AIR OF THE TIRES??? OUT OF THE MOUTH OF A 7 YEARS OLD BOY, THE PROBLEM WAS SOLVED.

THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE THE MOST MONEY, OR WHO HAVE BEEN THE MOST SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR CAREERS, ARE ESSENTIALLY NOT ALWAYS THE MOST INTELLIGENT OR THE MOST HIGHLY EDUCATED. THERE ARE PLENTY OF HARVARD GRADUATES WHO HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT TIME MAKING SIGNIFICANT MONEY, DESPITE THEIR INCREDIBLE EDUCATION. USUALLY THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE MOST MONEY AND WHO HAVE THE MOST FUN MAKING ALL THE MONEY ARE HIGHLY CREATIVE, HIGHLY MOTIVATED, HAVE GREAT INTUITION, SOLID GUT REACTIOINS AND INSTINCT AND THE ABILITY TO SPOT OPPORTUNITIES. ALL THESE QUALITIES STEM NOT SO MUCH FROM INTELLIGENCE BUT FROM WISDOM. THIS IS NOT AN ARGUMENT AGAINST FORMAL EDUCTION, OR AGAINST STANDARD INTELLIGENCE. YET IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT WE DON’T NEED TO USE ANY LACK OF FORMAL EDUCATION AS SMMUNITION AGAINST OURSELVES. EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT AND HELPFUL. BUT NEVER LET ANYONE CONVINCE YOU THAT IF YOU AREN’T FORMALLY EDUCATED, THAT YOU ARE DOOMED TO BE A FAILURE – BECAUSE YOU’RE NOT.

ONE OF THE BEST WAY TO ACCESS OUR OWN WISDOM IS TO SIMPLY BELIEVE THAT IS DOES EXIST AND TO TOTALLY TRUST IN IT. ALWAYS KEEP A CLEAR KNOWING THAT A DEEPER, MORE INTELLIGENT TYPE OF THINKING – OUR WISDOM – IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE.