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I'm of the opinion that wisdom is the right application of knowledge, by this I mean knowledge is often not enough until the skill to apply it rightly is implemented. This I learned from my godmother as a teenager. She's one woman I know to be full of wise counsel, and every counsel from her has always yielded great results for so many including me.
Growing up I wouldn't say I was stubborn, as a matter of fact, I was always commended for my simplicity. But then, I was strong-willed, and I still am especially in a decision I'm certain about. Although that period was a little different because I think I was trying to prove a point. My godmother is quite advanced in age, and often she can see through those attitudes I try to portray even the good ones with bad intentions. At one point, I thought she was a witch because she would often detect the motive behind my decisions and counsel me in such light.
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It was funny how she even discovered my thoughts of her being a witch and the reason I thought that way without me saying a word about it to anyone, and it was during that period she told me something I will never forget "the day you can by age, is the day you buy experience" this made me understand that all those times she could decipher what was going on with me wasn't because she was a witch but because she had gone through my age and time, and understood to a large extent how I viewed the world knowing my personality.
We hardly laugh together to be honest because I'm a very reserved person, even around family, except now that I'm trying to open up. (I totally different from the kelvin you know on social media) I have really learned a lot from her, especially in understanding human behavior. It became easy for me to predict people's intentions due to the time I spent with her. Now I have left my home state, so we don't see eye to eye, and my younger sister is the one often with her, learning the same traits she taught me. Recently I knew this from just spending time talking to my sister on phone and listening to the things she said showed that indeed she has been with mummy uzezi
Some time ago I shared on hive how I had a quarrel with my mum as a teenager, on one of those occasions, we had a quarrel concerning the church I was attending in school, and despite all the reasons I gave for my choice of church, my godmother could perceive my true intent. She called me one day and said "Kelvin are you sure you aren't going to this church because of their style of preaching" I couldn't say no because that was my main motive. However, she is someone that often allows young ones to make decisions and see the results of their decisions so they will learn from experience. This she did to me by speaking with my parents to allow me, and after a year there, I understood why they never wanted me to go to that church... Well, that's a story for another day...
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