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Are you wise?

Do you claim wisdom?
Covet intellect?
Are you smarter than those before
Are you proud,
Of your accomplishments
Your cup top full
To learn anymore?
MyNameIsHurl · 41-45, F
I feel like I learn stuff everyday
Notanymore · 36-40, M
@MyNameIsHurl I feel like once we think we are wise we fail to learn.
Nevaeh0081 · 36-40, F
@Notanymore truth
Nevaeh0081 · 36-40, F
@MyNameIsHurl That's right 👍
Wiseacre · F
U have a bunch of qs here...yes, I'm definitely proud of my accomplishments..and I am wise in some ways.
Queendragonfly · 31-35, F
I'm wise but I'm never too wise to learn more.
Nevaeh0081 · 36-40, F
@Queendragonfly nice answer
If those before us were not smart, they wouldn't have survived and we would not be here.

The focus of knowledge shifts and today we know far more about certain things than our ancestors did. They knew more about certain things that we ever will.

Much of the knowledge I have was acquired from others. I deserve no credit for their discoveries, I merely profit (in one way or another) from it.

And much of current day "knowledge" will change or even be refuted.

My mother had a high school diploma, but she knew how to feed and clothe and nurture a family of eight on little money. She didn't know what I know, but she could do what I could not.
ElRengo · 70-79, M
Not as I once hoped.
The wiser goal I got is the enough to recognice I´m not.
ElRengo · 70-79, M
@Notanymore I am.
Nevaeh0081 · 36-40, F
@ElRengo Beautifully put. 💯
ElRengo · 70-79, M
@Nevaeh0081 Thank you!
Nevaeh0081 · 36-40, F
I wouldn't label myself as wise.

But, I strive to be.

Being knowledgeable vs being wise;

There's a difference.

Though combined ....

👌👌👌👌👌
Notanymore · 36-40, M
@Nevaeh0081 you always have time to learn.
Lumberjack70 · 56-60, M
Whenever I start to think so, life reminds me that I’ve still a lot to learn.
Nevaeh0081 · 36-40, F
@Lumberjack70 Beautifully said
Lumberjack70 · 56-60, M
@Nevaeh0081 thank you
SW-User
i'm kinda sick of "life lessons" but i'd like to learn more about biology even past death
Viper · M
Wise in thought, but not in action
Nevaeh0081 · 36-40, F
@Viper 😏 don't sell yourself short. Means something if you can say that.
Viper · M
@Nevaeh0081 I believe that's part of the wise in thought
Nevaeh0081 · 36-40, F
@Viper I think that if you're humble enough to say that, means you kind of make less of what you do. We try.
SW-User
the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom
Nevaeh0081 · 36-40, F
@SW-User ain't that the truth
Busybee333 · 31-35, F
No, Nope, Neither, yes I, am proud of my accomplishments!

My cup is 60% experience, 20% learned from others' experiences 10% learned from advices that were actually correct and the other 10% stretches to infinity.. I'll always have a slot for one (or many) thing(s) to learn*.. 😉

* my mind will drop things it finds unnecessary to remember, I'll always have some room for the new! 😅
ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M
No, yes, maybe, sometimes, no.
Nevaeh0081 · 36-40, F
History has proven that I’m a fool but I’ve learned to listen, so I’m wising up.
Notanymore · 36-40, M
@Colonelmustardseed the one without weakness must be full of denial.
@Notanymore True. Even King Solomon fell in the end, and he was the wisest to have ever existed. 🤔
Notanymore · 36-40, M
@Colonelmustardseed so, we are all destined to be flawed? And our flaws are what make us.
Considering I thought this was a poem because of the structure of the post… I’d say I am not.
Isthisit · F
I admit i will never know it all
Notanymore · 36-40, M
@Isthisit that may be the key to wisdom.
SW-User
awrvbyuk nuookdrt certunbyu ndwetyjko npppndr, btykpp, bsergji, noobethni, zdfvgui
Notanymore · 36-40, M
@SW-User I have no knowledge of this.
SW-User
@Notanymore exactly
Notanymore · 36-40, M
@SW-User I'm glad that's cleared up.
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
I am a fool.
Nevaeh0081 · 36-40, F
@LordShadowfire we kind of all are. But we make it a point to try. Don't be so hard on yourself.
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
@Nevaeh0081 I think you misunderstand. That is the first step in the journey toward wisdom.
Nevaeh0081 · 36-40, F
@LordShadowfire well that is True.
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