Wisdom and Knowledge

God, grant me the courage to change the things I can. The serenity to accept the things I cannot. Most of all, grant me the wisdom to know the difference.
Now I understand why this phrase holds long in my memory.

The courage because when we have it, we would automatically have the strength. When we have the serenity, it is easier to accept it. When we are unaware, we cannot see the difference. Often things we think we can change are things we cannot. Similarly, things we cannot change are the things we can. We often think that we have wisdom. In fact, we don’t.

There is a difference between knowledge and wisdom. Having knowledge is about being intellectual. Wisdom is about being intelligent. Wisdom is about application of your knowledge. It is about our CHOICES AND ACTION – how to love without expectation, what choices we made regardless of our reward, to be compassionate rather than be judgmental, to be humble rather than focusing on our accomplishment. Given a choice, I choose to be intelligent. Once we are wise, making choices and decisions are as easy as reading ABC.

In the past, I often talk with knowledge but not talk with wisdom. To cite any wise person is very easy. However, to act on those wise saying is another story. To really show up in our one wild and precious life, we need to be wise,