The Wisdom Chronicles is a place to answer one simple question: “What is the deepest wisdom you’ve gained so far?” Answer it with your spontaneous first-thought answer. If you spend time working on the answer, it will change. So capture the power of your first thought.
Deepest Wisdom
Enjoy the ride.
Age 56 Male
Forgiveness
Age 24 Male
The deepest wisdom I have gained is to trust myself.
This is especially true when there are conflicting opinions or when I'm feeling the urge to please. Age 65 Female
With age comes wisdom, but more importantly, patience.
You learn that this too will pass away. You live in the present where there is always something new to learn. Age 75 Female
Your girlfriends are the most important people in your life.
This fact is more so on some levels even than husbands and children. Girlfriends are the greatest gift of our lives. Age 66 Female
I do always know if I listen closely.
Age 67 Female
It’s all about love.
Age 69 Female
The only thing I take personally is love.
Everything else is about the other person's issues. Age 58 Female
I create my own reality.
Age 63 Female
Have faith. The rest will follow.
Age 90 Female
Life is the school and love is the lesson
Age 49 Female
Patience. The garden grows and things change in a natural process.
Stages come and go. See how change happens especially with children and see how patience allows these changes to happen with the least amount of stress. Age 54 Female
Let the essence of the real you out.
Age 69 Female
Count your blessings
Age 93 Male
Don’t be such a worry wort.
Age 87 Female
The gift of how to move.
Age 31
I am light.
Age 62 Female
Keep busy. Remember that you will always know what they want for you. And never wish them back.
This is about death and losing a loved one. While my grandmother was dying, she gave this advice to my mother, who later gave it to me while she was on her own death bed. [...]
Grow old gracefully.
Age 50 Female
Nature will help you if you let her.
Age 89 Male This is from my father. He also added: "Animals will teach you everything you need to know. Don't rush things. Take your time and figure things out."
I can trust my intuition.
Age 64 Female
Sharing. Like sharing your toys.
Age 3 Female
Grace is all around in every moment.
Age 52 Female
When we get quiet, the earth will speak to us.
Age 52 Female
My essence is light.
Age 50 Female
You can’t fight nature.
Age 65 Male These are purportedly my paternal grandfather's deathbed words (age 65). He was an Iowa farmer. My own father, who has told me this story 100 times, thought he was offering a kind [...]
I can absolutely create my own reality.
Age 57 Female