My mom's friend commented on last night's blog entry and said that I am wise beyond my years for knowing myself enough to know when I feel up to going out or not here on this trip. I was definitely feeling that today as both my roommmate and I are a tad under the weather. My mother, also being the wise woman that she is, saw fit to give me plenty of packs of tissues for this trip. I am grateful for that, as I am definitely suffering from a cold. So today I did a bit of walking around the city of Rhodes today, and ate plenty of good food and had great conversation. To me, if I can pack my day full of great conversation, you really can't ask for much more than that. Gaining wisdom these days is much more different than the biblical notion of wisdom we learned about in class. Experiential wisdom definitely you the wiser in this crazy 21st century world we live in. I truly think that wisdom is gained most in days like today just relaxing and taking part in the wonderful conversation of friends. Talking about where we've been in the world at lunch and debating whether or not we could legitametely live somewhere else and forsaking our home towns and just traveling to see the world. I commented on Ireland and Italy...and how I would love to go to both. Being the homebody that I am, though, it would be difficult for me to just leave everything I knew behind. Being open to the beauty of traveling and experiencing the world though, and therefore gaining wisdom. I definitely make this choice. Traveling is draining, sure, but how else do you expect to gain that vital experience and wisdom if you don't have the deep conversations necessary? When I go home now, I know I will have my own wisdom to share. I only hope that people benefit from it in whatever ways they can.
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