Wisdom
By: Lucas
Kirsch
Wisdom can be gained over a long period time or within
seconds of learning something that changes the way they think and act towards
others. It has been said that those with a vast wealth of knowledge are able to
predict the future and upcoming events that others would never know about; I
believe that through decisive thinking people can know what will happen. One
thing that is always true about such power as knowledge is that there is a good
ways to use it and a bad ways. The truth of the matter is no one needs to know
mass amounts of information in order to become wise. In many ways I would say
that wisdom is a blessing but it can be a curse, knowing things that once said
can destroy the world in more ways than one is damnation in itself.
In some ways many things are connected by some sort of
process and if not connected then maybe the connection is process itself meaning
everything has a process; this is knowledge I learned at a young age which
helped me learn. After ages of asking my
parents, relatives, people I know, and even strangers about how things work I
came across the word cycle which related to how most things in life have.
Insects, mammals, fish, any type of animal in general have a cycle. So I
thought what else has cycles well plants, rocks, the earth, the sky, all these
things have a cycle no matter how big or small but what makes cycles similar
are the details within the process. I started to become more interested in the
world and how things worked in a wider scale but I always kept turning to
technology and its endless splendor of new worlds and its endless plains of
existence. That’s what made me start thinking even further into the pool of
knowledge available to me at the time. This brought me to experiences, stepping
stones, adventures, and things that would need many people to accomplish but
only to the will and the courage of one man to conquer the boundaries and
trials that many before could not surpass. Using process I can conduct a result
of many things such as how a person would most likely react to something. The
reason many people as smart as this don’t show these abilities is because of
two things, first is that people can always find these people and make them use
their abilities for wrong doing, second and last is that even the smartest of
people can be wrong.
What I believe is the most profound speech in existence
spoken by none other than Teddy Roosevelt. “We have nothing to fear but fear itself”
it is a speech I always remember when I am scared or unsettled. Throughout
history there are quotes that have had smaller or greater impact on the world.
Many quotes and phrases uttered with such wisdom are plastered across the face
of time. Another quote by Aristotle “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all
wisdom” I can remember the first time I heard this quote was in seventh grade
looking for a copy of Benjamin Franklin’s biography when I came across a piece
of work talking about Aristotle’s poetry.
I have found it is easy to offend people with even the
smallest bits of information or in some words the littlest of insults; this
paper may even offend some because of the way I word my sentences or the main
idea/title. I try not to consider myself wiser or better than most people
because they might find it offensive and have different ways of trying to make
themselves feel better if they believe in some little way they are useless or
under other human beings; I can tell you that anyone who believes this to be
true is lying to themselves. Everyone is important I have never seen anyone
that is useless or does nothing to contribute to the universe in some sort of
way. It is said that everyone has their place in the existence. Each and every
one of us brush upon each other’s metaphorical paths of life, influencing even
the smallest of grains of sand can bring the greatest change to a human being.
No one is the same, even the most minuscule changes in shape and form can
define who we are.
What I have learned over the span of my small continuing life
is that I will never know everything and I will never know anyone who knows
everything in my life, but I know in death that I will know someone whom will
teach me many a great things. Many people just might have realized that yes I
believe in god and many don’t really give a care that I do, or for some this
may affect my relationship with you; just remember Einstein quoted that
“science without religion is an oxymoron” this does not explain what his whole
idea of that quote was, being that people need a drive, a purpose. I chose to
believe in Christ because of many reasons and none of them include it being a
purpose in life. It is a way to live and a way to die but in both sides are
beautiful things.
It seems like I have just defined pieces of wisdom so here
are some things I learned from experience. I was in the middle of English class
in middle school, the lesson had to deal with a 3 page essay which to some
seemed like a death sentence back then. I was finished with it but there was a
another kid that needed help with the piece so our teacher asked me out of
everyone in the class to help him out. The thing is that I barely knew this kid
so I just asked him what he thought of the piece and he told me how it was a
waste of time and why he shouldn’t do it so I asked him what he thought would
be a good idea for this essay. He told me he had no idea what to start with, I
asked him what he disliked most and he told me the essay. So I told him to
write about it, he looked at me like I was crazy then I left his table and went
back to mine. He ended up getting a batter grade than I did. That is where I learned
that sometimes it’s good to have help. I think this is nearly enough so I will
summarize what I have said. Another experience happened within the last year
was when an older gentleman was talking to me about how he had two kids of his
own and when they were my age. He said his kids thought they knew everything,
then he says to me that’s how you are right. I told him that I know very little
compared to him and that everyone always has something new to learn no matter
how young or old. He looked at me shocked and instantly stopped looking down at
me as a young kid who knows nothing. He told me I know something else that he didn’t
know and that I was quite wise for my age.
Wisdom can be gained through knowledge or experience but it
can take a lifetime to accept the facts that are put before you. Process is a
keystone to the way I think and the way many things work. My wisdom came from
knowledge which is based off of experiences other have been through.
Information can be a weapon if chosen to be, and even the smallest pieces of knowledge
can cut through diamond. I’m christen which is another keystone of my life
which affects how I act towards others. This is what I believe to be the most
important thing I have ever learned and I am thanking anyone who has affected
me both good and bad for the idea that wisdom is the most important thing that
I have ever learned.
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