DAY 9:INTELLIGENCE VS WISDOM

Yakub Zulehat
Nov 3 · 2 min read

So,I said to myself….I know what’s next!

I know where to go from here!

I don’t have to lose what I have to get what I want

My ability to give a firm and persistent “No” has made me not to settle for less .

I know what I’m worth….you should too!

The above is what I used to believe in not until I started seeing the other sides of life.

You cannot run life with your ability to solve maths or your inability to summarize a novel.

The kind of friends I make,the events I get to attend,the things I give attention to now seem to need recycling.

We don’t have control on who comes to our lives but we definitely do have a say on who stays.

Do I still know where to go from here?

One person can be intelligent and still dumb..Another might be dull and still be wise.There’s really no manual on how life could be run

It is just so amazing how intelligent people get to make a lot of mistakes..worst ones at that

Isn’t it thought that their intelligence should guide them on the ways of life?

A Lady once asked a guest named Helen Paul on a tv show why it’s of common scenario for a person with normally low grades getting to do well in life than someone with high grades.

“That’s because the person who scores higher is oblivious of what the person who scores lower knows…..the high class should be humble enough to ask to taught”….Helen Paul said….

That’s experience up there!!

Knowledge and experience doesn’t stay confined to the four walls of the classroom,it goes beyond that!!

Do I still know where to go from here?

Some of us if not all are all getting soaked up in the “adulting” process.We’re all being looked upon .Lot’s of expectations has been placed on us such that if we don’t live up to those expectations….we might lose our “birthright”

We tend to do whatever it is to make ends meet.

The experience of a child who’s born with a silver spoon and that child who grew up only to start fending for himself at a tender age cannot be far-fetched.

Pikin wey no get mama suppose get sense----Patoranking”

Being intelligent isn’t an issue…..You just have to be wise.

By being intelligent you acquire knowledge and put it into practice right?

A lot goes into acquiring knowledge… What kind of knowledge are you acquiring?…

Are they the right ones or the wrong ones?…This is where your wisdom comes to play.

How effectively are you putting up what you learnt into practice….That’s where your wisdom and experience comes to play..

As we move on in our daily activities… Let’s get to be able to analyse whatever it is we learn…and how it could be useful

Some things are better left not learnt….(heard that somewhere)

No matter the mistake we have ended up making… the experience gained… with our level of intelligence and wisdom we can still get it channelled towards our personal growth and development..

Day 9:#30 days of serendipity

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