The Wisdom Path...

...follows the Watercourse Way on all sides, from its uncharted headwaters to the infinite ocean.

Here lately, I’ve been receiving and sharing material from Fr. Richard Rohr at the Center for Action and Contemplation (Albuquerque). Lately, Fr. Rohr has had some interesting and, IMO worthy observations about “wisdom.” Here is an excerpt from today’s Meditation :

On wisdom’s path we take the risk of making mistakes. On this path we take the risk of being wrong. That’s how wisdom is gained. . . .It is so rare to find ourselves trusting not in the systems and -isms of this world, but standing at a place where we offer our bit of salt, leaven, and light. It seems so harmless, and, even then, we have no security that we’re really right. This means that we have to stand in an inconspicuous, mysterious place, a place where we’re not sure that we’re sure, where we are comfortable knowing that we do not know very much at all. Often the only thing we’ve taught people is to think that they’re right—or that they’re wrong. We’ve either mandated things or forbidden them. But we haven’t helped people to enter upon the narrow and dangerous path of true wisdom. – Richard Rohr