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Yet, we can be stupid in the application of our smartness. Wisdom is the manner in which we carefully discern the challenges before us and then wisely draw from our knowledge base. Wisdom also freely recognizes that we may not have nearly enough information in the first place, and that at times we must put our efforts on hold and search out whatever information we need to make the right decisions. Wisdom demands that wisdom itself never be short-changed, abruptly utilized or applied in some sort of arrogance that makes wisdom something else altogether. It is a precious tool.
So Many Tools
There are so many tools at our disposal. Sadly, we’re often not introspective enough to really discover the tools inherent within us, or we’re too busy to care. Indeed, the tools are there. Somewhere inside of us “there’s a tool for that” or there’s a tool to create a tool. We come marvelously equipped with the ability to be equipped in a way that there will always “be a tool for that.” And so, you may want to take a tool inventory and see what’s inside of you. You’ll likely be quite surprised. As Dad said, “there’s a tool for that.”