Wisdom

What is wisdom to me? The word wisdom has been passed along as a sort of givings of life's examples to help better ourselves in the future to make the right decisions. Since the beginning of civilization, it was the elders of the tribes or nations that were the most respected because of the amount of wisdom they had gained by just living life. The younger generations of the civilizations were taught to try and receive and understand the wisdom that was passed on from the elder of the tribes.  There are, though, forces that drive wisdom to be passed on and without them, wisdom may not exist. The two things that drive wisdom to exist are respect and zeal.

Respect is the component that keeps wisdom to be passed on from generation to generation. The earliest of civilizations taught respect to the younger generations in hope that they would gain any knowledge that they could from the elders or the gods that told stories of lessons they learned from their earlier life experiences. Ancient Greek philosophers were always older in their years, and as a result had more life experiences to pass on to the younger generations. Examples of rules of respect are everywhere including in the Jewish Pentateuch or any other  tribes rules of having to respect the elders. With respect, people have gained the first step in making an effort to gain knowledge.

Zeal is wisdom. Zeal is the eagerness to do things while wisdom is the product. Without zeal wisdom could not ultimately exist, as no one would have the drive to get up and do experience some of the life experiences that will help present and future generations get to where they can be better. Zeal is the main thing of wisdom.