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If the choice were given to be a wise man or a rich man...
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Re: If the choice were given to be a wise man or a rich man...

Though in today's world I wonder, is wisdom really riches? Nowadays we see people who are titled wise separated from those titled rich. Some are lucky, having found the path that led them to be where they are now because of fitting circumstances. (Bill Gates, for example) But are they wise? What challenges have they gone through since then?
Gandhi, a well known figure often attributed to the idea of wisdom. Was he rich? Like everyone else, his experiences led him to where he ended up, built him, refined his personality, honed his knowledge and understanding.

Yes, there are some things we don't want or need to know. Certainly there are things people would be better off being ignorant of.
But in the same respect are there things we do not want to experience? Lives we do not wish to lead, things we do not wish to see, hear, or interfere with?
In this idea, is this the reason that our nation has become so complacent?
"Ignorance is bliss." If this is true, then is it also playing the card that one is innocent if uninvolved, feigning ignorance of a crime, not becoming involved in petitions, movements, or parades that have good intentions for change; hoping in some way that there will be no punishment because they were unopposed to it?
Students are punished if they are in any way connected to a fight. Intentions aside, we as a nation are being trained not to stop conflict. Not to help the skinny kid who's mom always told him not to fight, not even against the bully inside the classroom. Not to help a friend. Not to defend a right, a belief, a rule. Not to disrupt the day. Not to be the exception. Not to be the reason someone didn't get hurt.

Some people can't help not knowing. Those who know cannot help but have the information. But what is done because of it? What are we losing?

... This is why I chose wisdom. Knowing is only part of the issue. The other part is knowing when to use it.

What I give form to in daylight is only one per cent of what I have seen in darkness.
M. C. Escher
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The nearest to my heart are a king without a kingdom and a poor man who does not know how to beg.
Khalil Gibran

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Re: If the choice were given to be a wise man or a rich man... - SleeperAwakes - 03-12-2009 04:32 AM

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