Life consists of choices... some are "good" choices, and others not so good. However every choice we make helps us build a foundation of wisdom gained from experience.
As I think of wisdom, and what it means for me, The Serenity Prayer comes to mind. The original version is slightly different than the one you may be familiar with and it goes like this:
"God, give us grace to accept with serenity
the things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the things
which should be changed,
and the Wisdom to distinguish
the one from the other."
As we go forward on our life's journey, we accumulate wisdom. One source of wisdom, of course, is experience, both ours and the experience of those who have come before us. Another source of wisdom is our inner or divine self, the small voice that speaks to us internally to guide us along the way. And a third voice of wisdom is the voice of Pure Love, the voice of our conscience, which guides us to choose the most loving way, both for ourselves and for the world at large.
Today's Focus was excerpted from the InnerSelf.com article:
Don't Be So Hard On Yourself: True Wisdom and Pure Love
by Marie T. Russell
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This is Marie T. Russell, publisher of InnerSelf, wishing you a day of choosing the most loving way (today and every day)
Join me again tomorrow for the Daily Inspiration and focus of the day.
Today, and every day, the voice of wisdom guides me to choose the most loving way.