“My son, if sinners entice you, DO NOT CONSENT.” Peer pressure is as old as the human race. In every culture, in every time, in every place… people have wanted to influence, and be influenced by, one another. This is the “herd instinct” of humanity. It’s plainly evident in creatures of nature: cows walk like […]
Words of Wisdom – A Parent’s Greatest Gift
Perhaps one of the greatest blessings of being a parent is to be able to influence the lives of our children with words of wisdom. To have the opportunity, the authority, to direct children in a way in which we know will benefit them is an immense blessing. Here in the Proverbs, the author refers […]
The Path to Inner Peace
Mankind is yearning for one, single and solitary condition: inner peace. This is not world peace or the lack of war. It is not financial freedom, or the elimination of poverty. It is not eradicating hunger, or healing disease. These things are mere symptoms of the issue. The issue is, and has always been, one’s […]
The Three Pillars of Wisdom
The foremost book of wisdom through all of time, the book of Proverbs, begins the ascent to higher thinking and learning by stating the pillars of wisdom: righteousness, justice, and equity. It can be seen that the basis of this true wisdom is different than most renditions of wisdom in this world. And it can […]
The Wisdom of Solomon
Throughout time, sages and prophets and wise men have given the cultures of the world the gift of their wisdom. When thinking of wisdom, we naturally think of the thinkers such as Plato, Aristotle, and Marcus Aurelius. We think of the sources, such as Confucianism, Buhhdism, and Judaism. But the most poignant question we can […]