6 Word Fridays: Wisdom

Many thanks to Melissa for being my muse, week after week.

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Wisdom is so much more than

knowledge, learning, thought, contemplation, experience or education.

Wisdom is a combination of these --

hard-earned, often with a pain component.

Wisdom is what I gain after

failure, success, loss, gain, thought, contemplation.

To be wise -- always a goal.

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This week has been an alpha and omega week for me.  On Monday, dear friends Mary and Lee welcomed baby girl Ellie into their lives.  On Tuesday, I spoke with a dear friend about her ups and downs.  On Wednesday, a friend of the family passed, less than 8 weeks since her diagnosis of brain cancer.  I write this on Thursday, knowing that tomorrow morning (Friday) when this publishes, I'll be on a plane heading north, to see family, to see friends, and to see my Hoosier Guy.

So much joy, so much pain -- all in one week.  I try hard to see the forest for the trees but there are weeks where it all seems so much. 

Please, dear readers, join me in thinking, prayer, meditation (your choice) for love for our loved ones, peace for those that love them, and arms that know when to hold, when to hug and when to just touch. None of us knows, nor can ever have, the knowledge of what is to come in the next second, minute, hour, day, week, month or year ...

Namaste.