Importance of Wisdom.

For humans to survive, the heart has to pump blood, the lungs have to breathe, brain has to control the body and the mind has to choose.

Some choices are made consciously and some are automatic. A conscious choice made repeatedly over a period of time makes it automatic. Such choices are called habits. Avoiding choosing consciously is an automatic choice for what is familiar. Avoiding choosing can also become a habit.

Growth implies constant positive change. Nothing changes if the choice is for the familiar.

Wisdom is the ability to identify the most appropriate universal principle in a timely manner for a particular situation to facilitate choice.

People who do not learn this ability will be confined to familiar situations and familiar principles just for survival. Safety and security become paramount.

All human beings are equal in their ability at the time of birth including those that are born with physical challenges. As can be seen here, there are many inspiring musicians with physical challenges. It means that, in a proper environment, capacity to achieve a greater potential exists in every human being.

Wisdom makes human growth possible which in turn causes people to realize their potential.

People often do not like to choose but the life situations around them keep changing. They need wisdom just to survive in a new and different situation. Learning to survive in a new situation is growth.

Hence, Wisdom is an important ability possessed by all. This ability is the source of all growth from the personal to the global. Wise choices promote growth and unwise choices cause destruction and no choice causes stagnation.

We are not born with wisdom but how do we learn this ability?

You will see my answer in the next post.