“Talent is God-given. Be humble.
Fame is man-given. Be grateful.
Conceit is self-given. Be careful.”
John Wooden
Tag: wisdom
Quotes & Questions 2018 #4
“Patience is the companion of wisdom.”
Saint Augustine
My patience does not always
walk alongside wisdom.
There are times when wisdom
is so far away from my patience
I need radar to find it.
How about you?
Do patience and wisdom
walk hand in hand on your pathway?
The Wish…
Three line Tales, Week 48
photo by Zara Walker via Unsplash 
The Wish
Looking at the sparkler in her hand it was as if she was holding a star.
Maybe it was a star, a magic star that would grant her most important wish.
So with the innocent wisdom of a child’s heart, she made her wish
and prepared to wait for it to come true no matter how long it took.
Cherry trees…
Three Line Tales-Week 27
photo by Inma Ibáñez
Lessons From The Cherry Trees
When she was a child she loved the blossoms on the cherry trees in the orchard and hated to see them fall to the ground. When she was a bit older she loved to see the fruit because it meant sweet treats would come from the labor of picking the ripe red cherries and hated to see the season over so quickly. Now she was old and loved the cherry trees in all their glory from blossoms to fruit to barrenness knowing that after death there is rebirth and life renewed.
The wise and the fools…
The prompts for this weeks Two Shoes Tuesday is
WISDOM / FOOLISHNESS
I have a friend who says,
“Youth is wasted on the young.”
Maybe she has a point.
But I wonder
is wisdom wasted on the foolish?
Something to think about.
