When people are seriously looking for help in addressing
social, emotional and other life problems, I think they are looking for the
empathetic ear of a wise person. True wisdom is generous and built on attentive
listening and measured life experience, weighed with thoughtfulness and
forgiveness. True wisdom helps the individual listen for their own inner
wisdom.
In a healthy society, young people are given love and
mentoring and then their independence. They are the source of new energy, which
propels society forward to its new form. The wise person person doesn’t
disparage the young, but listens to them. In this way, wisdom is not stale or
rigid beliefs, but pliable and tempered advice. This is the wisdom the young
seek out.
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