Perhaps never before in the history of mankind has gray hair been so important.  Smile if you must . . . Laugh if you can’t help it . . . But, in my opinion, truer words have never been spoken. 

We live in world where access to information on any number of subjects can be accessed in seconds.                                                                    

Go into any restaurant; business; store, or for that matter most schools, and almost instantly you’ll notice many people that surround you have their heads down.  No, they’re not sleeping: they’re not praying, and they aren’t trying to be respectful.  They all are on their cell phones, playing games; listening to music; or searching for the latest fashions and what’s “hot” in the world of information.  In seconds the entire world is at their fingertips.  Government actions, sports, elections, currency exchanges and anything else you may want to talk about. 

Recently, my wife and I went out to dinner with our daughter, son-in-law, and our second oldest grandson, who is currently a sophomore in high school.  We were talking about some upcoming sports events.  I made a statement  that when we have time we should check it out.  My grandson said, hang on a second, I’ll find it for you.  I know what you’re thinking.  He’ll check his cell phone.  Nope, he didn’t do that – he checked his watch.  In nano seconds he had all the information we were looking for.  Turns out, that not only his cell phone, but his watch, has more memory capacity and speed than the first computer we bought that filled up the size of half of our office space. 

Facts, information, something about everything . . . is everywhere. 

This generation will never know a world with the value of privacy.  If they eat out, it’s posted.  When they drive across town to a mall, it’s posted.  If they go to the movies, it’s posted.  They want everything about themselves shared with the world and they want to know everything about what everyone else is doing.  The access to this much information so quickly has created information junkies.  They are internet addicts.  Their cell phones and watches are the new mentors of our youth.  When I was growing up the secret service agent . . . Dick Smart talked into his shoe . . . Maybe you still remember the Dick Tracey watch . . . we thought, how could you ever talk into a watch?  Well, that day has come and while it brings a wealth of facts and knowledge, it also brings its own share of major problems.

If the gathering in of facts and information is considered knowledge, then the ability to organize and utilize that knowledge for the betterment of yourself, your family and the world around you, I call . . . wisdom.  Wisdom is so important when it comes to understanding how things work in the real world.  Wisdom helps you make the right decisions and avoid major mistakes, even though, it can be argued that a great deal of the wisdom one possesses has come from some botched decisions we’ve made in the past and how we learned to overcome them.

Proverbs 4:7 sums it up perfectly.  “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore, get wisdom; and with all they getting get understanding.”

It has been my experience in life that wisdom comes to everyone a little every day. 

We see things, we learn what to do and especially what not to do through those things we experience.  It takes time to learn so much about so many things.  Often, it takes years for our eyes to be opened so we can see plainly and then share and teach others what we’ve learned . . .  thus . . . the importance of gray hair.

I believe those of us who are older have both the joy and responsibility of teaching others what we have learned, often, the hard way.

The youth of the world need your wisdom . . .

The world needs your wisdom . . .

This will be a series of information, and hopefully, some shared wisdom.  It is not just a stand-alone article.

We will be discussing things like:

1        How to identify the wisdom you have.

2        How do we preserve that wisdom for future generations to come?

3        How can we share that wisdom?

I believe it will be insightful and a lot of fun for all of us as we share together, not only for our own benefit, but for the utilization for generations to come.

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Overcoming wisdom . . . is wisdom that helps us all meet and overcome the challenges of life.

May your wisdom help someone else today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Lee Gilliam
Lee Gilliam
Lee is the co-founding designer of Overcoming Grief and author of 2 books and numerous articles. He has been in the ministry for over 40 years. He has traveled to over 80 countries and every state in the USA. His ministerial work involves both teaching and business. He is a mentor to pastors and business leaders alike. He is currently working on his upcoming international conference schedule and we will post it when it's ready. We hope you can attend one that will be close to you!! Please contact me at: leeg@overcominggrief.org