A Fool's Wisdom

wis·dom

the quality or state of being wise; knowledge of what is true or right coupled with just judgment as to action; sagacity, discernment, or insight.



Ah wisdom, the much sought after treasure of my existance.

For those who do not know, wisdom was something i believed to have, years back in secondary school, and was something i thought was lost to me in my poly years.

In my poly years, it was quite a torturous and fustratingly angst i would hold against myself. I would think to myself, "Dammit, whats happened to me? I dont even think anymore". But then of course, i got used to that fact and it became a part of me.

Perhaps some of my old friends would remember me using this phrase.

"A greying of the mind."

A time when thoughts suddenly dont flow, and one is nothing but pretty much a bag of meat with primitive needs and wants.



I had perceived this to be akin to...losing my 'wisdom'. Because, in my secondary school days (which was when i had an immense amount of free time), i used spend my time thinking and thinking and thinking. And through this, i did gain alot more insight into things than most of my other school-mates.

However, the fall began when I started to put myself on a pedestal in between the transition from my sec school to polytechnic school.

And by doing so, my descent of the mind came swiftly upon me.



Since june last year, during the Youth in the Spirit Seminar i attended, i looked back deeply into my past. It was then that i recalled how i looked upon my so called wisdom, as well as my 'greying of the mind', which by then, i had already accepted as part of my life.

Honestly, i still believe that what i had in the past, was indeed a form of wisdom (at least for my age at the time). But as i have been given, so can it be taken away.



It was on the 3rd of Feb, Sunday 2008 that i read this phrase from William Shakespeare.

"The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool."
- William Shakespeare

I was taken aback as i read this.

How true his words resounded in my head.



So, lets ask ourselves. Is our wisdom a false and indulgent one? Or is it a true and virtuous one?