Wisdom

I don't know how many times I've heard a man say;

"If I knew then, what I know now, things would be different".

What this implies is that there is an element of wisdom that comes with age. If I had the wisdom I have today back when I was younger, I wouldn't have made so many bad decisions and life would be much better today as a result.

But wisdom doesn't come from age it comes from experience, and the only way to gain that wisdom is through the trials and tribulations of life. I'm a firm believer of: I had to go through everything I had to go through to get to where I'm going. The decisions we made when we were younger (good and bad) are what have shaped us into who we are today. We can't go back and change the past, but we can change our future.

Back in our youth we looked at the world with wide eyed wonderment, enthusiasm, and unbridled passion. As the years have past and the reality of life has set in, we lose the ways of our youth.

What would happen today if instead of worrying about the past we looked to our future? What would happen today if we used the wisdom we've gained and combined it with the wonderment of our youth? What would happen today if we took back the enthusiasm life has taken away from us and used it to better the lives of those around us? What would happen today if we salvaged our unbridled passion and focused it into something that advances the Kingdom?

What would happen today...?