By Shazad

“Leave the past behind, let the grand design take care of the future, and instead only rightly guide the present to reverence and justice. Reverence so that you’ll love what you’ve been allotted, for nature brought you both to each other. Justice so that you’ll speak the truth freely and without evasion, and so that you’ll act only as the law and value of things require.”

Marcus Aurelius

In the previous 2 posts, we discussed Health and Wealth in the truest sense. This post will talk about the third key ingredient for a fulfilling, happy, and Awesome Life and that’s called Wisdom. It is the key aspect to everything else in life including holistic Health and authentic Wealth. Wisdom teaches us WHY we should be doing or not doing something. The Why kind of questions leads to deep thinking and mindful behaviour. We begin to live intentionally and with purpose in all aspects of our lives whenever we apply Wisdom.

Look around you and consider if the world is behaving more wisely now or less than before. Consider how we can truly fix our problems and advance humanity by becoming wiser people and communities. With the passage of time, a person can and should become wiser but it’s not automatic or natural. Only through reflection on our life and study of the wise leaders who came before us can we become enlightened with age rather than merely a year older every time the Earth goes around the sun.

So how can you become wiser in your life? Here are a few ideas:

Read ancient wisdom from Stoicism to Chinese Taoism. Try to understand what the key themes and messages of all major religions are.
Study modern people and what they wrote about the challenges of life. How much do you have in common with such people and where is your life very different from theirs?
Look at your own life experiences and those of close family. What lessons can you learn to be a better human being, going forward?

To become intelligent, clever, and educated is good but to become wiser in each phase of your life is Awesome! May you always be blessed with increasing wisdom that guides you to your personal best in life!

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