"Whatever you can do, or dream you can, Begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it, Begin it now."

~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

August Word of the Month

WISDOM

noun;

1. the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgment; the quality of being wise.
2. the soundness of an action or decision with regard to the application of experience, knowledge, and good judgment.
3. the body of knowledge and principles that develops within a specified society or period.

A couple of years ago,a colleague of mine remarked about me saying I was not becoming older, I was in fact becoming an elder.

I liked that!

But what exactly did that mean?

I see people around me who are getting older.

Are they all becoming elders as well?

That's where my August Word of the Month WISDOM, comes in.

Wisdom is more than the accumulation of life experiences.

It is also, as the definition above points out, the soundness of the actions and decisions one makes based on those experiences.

I would like to think of myself as wise.

At times, when I make the effort to draw upon those life experiences, I can feel the untapped potential of my accumulated wisdom.

WISDOM is not usually readily accessible in the heat of the moment.

Emotions often get in the way clouding the possibility to have good judgement or to draw upon my experience and knowledge.

There is a delicate balance between drawing on that WISDOM and the enthusiasm I need to be a the creative force I am accustomed to being.

Hmmmmm....there is probably an AHA moment tucked away in this dichotomy.

The good news is that I have the entire month to dwell on this.

That knowledge my friends comes from WISDOM!