Wisdom teaches others. It educates us to transform. Teaching others is not limited to classroom. With wisdom, you can help others learn. You can make others see what they don’t see.
You can take others from the dark world to the world of light. Many people think it is a teacher to teach others. Even parents ignore teaching their children thinking it is only the role of a teacher to teach them. Any person with wisdom takes it as a task to teach others.
Wisdom lives a simple life. Any person with wisdom does not complicate his/her life. Simplicity is wisdom. It is not a lack of money. It is not lack of knowledge. It is not without power. It is the rich to be simple if there is wisdom in him/her. It is the most intelligent to be simplest one. Wisdom does not brag. Wisdom does not show off. With simplicity you are approachable. With simplicity you understand others. With simplicity, people don’t fear reaching you. With simplicity, you create peace with yourself and others. With simplicity too you get to learn from others. It is only a wise man or woman who lives a simple life.
Wisdom is kind. Kindness is not for the fool. It is for the wise. It is only a wise person who understands the person in need of his or her help. King David was a wise man. He was kind to the grandson of King Saul who was his enemy. Kindness does not have boundaries for the wise. The wise don’t only show kindness to their friends. They don’t show kindness only to their relatives. A wise person does not see a suffering person only from his tribe. They don’t limit their kindness only to the people they know so well. They only see a person that needs their help. If you are always kind to people, it means you are wise. Keep it up.
Do we find any honest person in our world? Honesty is the great communication of wisdom. Money disappears. It has fallen into the hands of an unwise person. The report is not straightforward; it isn’t the wise person giving the report. We live in a world that lacks honest people. This tells us, that we all lack wisdom. We can be honest if we are wise. Let’s check ourselves.
Wisdom thirsts for more. Wisdom does not say it is enough! He/she has PhD, but if he/she is wise, he/she will continue learning. Because we lack wisdom, we think education ends with getting a degree. Education is a lifelong process for a wise person. We must continue to learn as long as we have wisdom. Continuing to learn does not mean continuing to go to a classroom. You can read a book, it is continuing to learn. You can listen to audio, it is continuing to learn. You can watch videos with educative messages, it is continuing to learn. You can join many groups that discuss with great topics that can make you to continue to learn. Those who are wise continue to learn from others. Wisdom thirsts for more to know.
Wisdom hopes for change. Get a group of people. Tell them South Sudan will be a better state one day. The wise will believe it. The fool will never believe it! Any wise person knows things are seasonal. He/she knows the future holds great success. If he/she becomes sick, he/she will know the sickness does not come to stay. It will leave soon. Any wise person may be going through a very critical situation, but he/she will take heart knowing things will be fine one day. The wise live with great hope for tomorrow.
Wisdom advocates for peace! Nelson Mandela was wise. He advocated for peace in South Africa. Dr. John Garang De Mabior was wise. He advocated for peace in Sudan. Many great men and women who fight for peace are men and women with great wisdom. Wisdom does not murder. Wisdom does not hate. Wisdom does not divide. Wisdom does not segregate. The joy of a wise person is seeing everyone living in peace. It does not pain a wise person when there is peace in a Nation. The wise want South Sudan to have peace. The unwise don’t want peace at all. They push for war. The wise will make South Sudan a peaceful nation.
Wisdom appreciates the success of others. This is the struggle of every unwise person. Those who are wise celebrate when others succeed. They dance with others who succeed. They sing songs with others who succeed. They buy gifts for people who succeed. Their great happiness is when others are making it in life. I have observed it with so many people who are happy with the success of others. I thank God for the staff of Citizen No. 1 Citizen Daily Newspaper for publishing my articles. It is wisdom making them do so. They love my success. See the wisdom in those who always call to encourage me whenever I write an article. I thank God for their empowerment. It is through them that I continue to write for the nation. Wisdom appreciates.
Patience is a full description of a wise person! Wisdom waits. Are you able to wait for anything? Patience pays at all times. A child stays in the womb for nine months. A mother who waits delivers safely. People go to school. It takes a long to succeed. Those with patience wait until they succeed. You are courting a girl or boy. Your partner will tell you to wait until you get married to have sex. If you wait until that time, you have a pure marriage life. But if you fail to wait; you leave your partner and get someone who will give you cheap sex. You will lose your partner just because you can’t wait. Patience matters for a wise person.
Wisdom talks less. The Book of Proverbs by King Solomon says, “Even a fool can be considered wise if he keeps his/her mouth shut.” The wise think when the fool talks. One word is enough for a wise person. Wisdom speaks with care. They understand what they say. They evaluate what they say. The wise think first before saying anything. They take time to listen. They embrace the magic of silence. Talk less, you are a wise person. Keep it up.
Wisdom never procrastinates. Go to the University. You will get so many students who lack wisdom. They are given an assignment. They will never do as soon as it is given to them. They will keep saying that they will do it tomorrow. Their tomorrows will finish and at the end, they will have nothing to submit to the lecturer. So many people procrastinate like hell. They lack wisdom. Visit big offices. Tasks are on the desk. When such tasks will be done, no one knows. The time to do anything is now. Things should not wait until tomorrow when they are meant for today. It is wisdom that helps us do our work without waiting for tomorrow.
It is wisdom that listens! The wise give listening ears to everybody. They don’t select who to listen to. It can be a child talking to him/her; he/she will listen to it. Though it is a poor person talking to him/her, he/she gives a listening ear. Many people believe only what they know. They never give time to others to advise them. You can’t counsel them. You can’t mentor them. You can’t bring any new thing to them. You can’t correct them. What they know and believe is right is right forever. They don’t think twice. That is lack of wisdom. Wisdom listens.
To add to the list, wisdom sympathizes with others. We share the pain of others if we have wisdom. When others cry, we cry with them if we have wisdom. We hurt others because we don’t put ourselves in their shoes. Humans do not care about what does not hurt them. Every wise person cries with people. They laugh with people. They dance with people. They hurt themselves first before they hurt others.
We need to live with wisdom. You can go to school but you can also lack wisdom. Many people have the best education but they have no wisdom. I believe the Creator is the giver of wisdom. King Solomon asked Wisdom from the Creator and he was given. He lived a wise king feared by all. We can be wise if we surrender our Creator. Be kind to the nation.