7. Day 17: Wisdom Is Not Knowing
I get a lot of epiphanies in the bath. The quiet, the water, and the cleansing must make me feel like church. This morning this thought floated out on the steam: “Wisdom is not knowing more, it is just that you stop running from what you don’t know.” I must have been the only teenager who longed to be 45 (oldest I could imagine at the time). At 45, I was certain I would know all I needed to know, then I could proceed happily and live a safe and comfortable life. Well, 45 came and went and I was no wiser. Now that 55 came and went (just weeks ago) I realized I was no...
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