Wisdom and Kindness

Some of us always like to take time to make reasoned, rational, analytical assessments before reaching a decision. Other typically make decisions very quickly and are thought to be highly intuitive.

For those who make quick decisions, how do we know if those decisions come from Wisdom or come from Fear that makes us decide and act too quickly and sometimes make poor decisions ?

Today I muse on both Kindness and Wisdom and hope this is of value in being guided to understand when we are accessing our inner wisdom in our decision-making.

First, leading from the image and quote above, one simple definition is that Kindness is Wisdom itself. As the Dalai Lama said: “my religion is kindness”, and I would put it to you that he is a wise soul indeed.

Another definition I use to guide is “Wisdom is something that, when you hear it, you feel you always knew it.”

I was inspired to write today by a recent article by Michael Neill called “The Hedgehog of Wisdom”. This closing piece of Michael’s article resonated with me as a great awareness tool.

‘how do I know whether that’s some kind of inner knowing or just fear?’ someone asked.

I offered the following guidelines…

• Wisdom is ever-present and always kind.