Foolishness

So, there are those that do some really foolish things. And, while base jumping is quite dangerous and certainly not recommended, that is not what I am talking about. I have seen people do things they ought not to do, knowing it was doing them physical harm, and yet they do it anyway. And, not just once, they continue to make those same choices over and over.

They old saying goes, "A smart person learns from his/her mistakes. A wise person learns from someone else's." I have made A LOT of mistakes. I think I have learned A LOT from each of those poor choices. However, I am also positive that I have learned A LOT from watching what others have done and realizing, knowing that there is no reason for me to do the same thing. I can watch someone hit their finger with a hammer and know that it is not something I want to do without having to do it to myself just to be sure.

Today's word is Ecclesiastes 2:13, NIV, which reads, "I saw that wisdom is better than folly, just as light is better than darkness."

Solomon writes here things that should go without saying but I think we all have had, or will have to, come to the same realizations. Wisdom is better than folly. What is folly? Well, I am glad you asked. Folly is "foolishness; a lack of good sense." I think we can all agree that wisdom - being wise; making wise choices - is certainly better than a lack of good sense. However, do we use wisdom? Do we apply what we have learned in the past to keep us from making the same mistakes in the future? Or, do we keep running into or stumbling over the same things over and over?

Just as light keeps us from banging shins and breaking toes, wisdom can keep us from hurting ourselves from repeating bad decisions and bad behaviors. Let's take what we have learned and use it to keep us on the right path. Let's use our wisdom to keep us from foolishness.

Be Blessed,
Mickey T