Wisdom is as vast, and limitless as the cosmos. Happiness is small, brief, and contained within the personal. I lay no ownership on wisdom, but my happiness is mine and no other's.

 

I posted these and other thoughts on the distinctions between wisdom and happiness on the Inner Year blog. Here's the link:  www.theinneryear.blogspot.com.

 

I begin by reflecting on my "noble" ideal of happiness and then the "baser" ways I find it in my life. I wish I had been able to have a conversation about my experience of happiness with an older, wiser and trusted friend when I was in my twenties.  It might not have been such a struggle to gain a healthy, creative relationship to wisdom. 

 

Let me know your thoughts about your happiness and the presence of wisdom in your life.

 

A good contemplation for the darkness of the first new moon of Spring.

 

Happily and wisely and humbly,

Lynn