Posts by Pat:
When is enuf, enuf?
What is enough? We are intelligent enough to know that we don’t know everything–that most of our experience falls somewhere in between the black and the white, the right and the wrong, the truth and the lies. When will we know enough, though?
I sometimes feel like Goldilocks, with the porridge choices being either too hot and me not wanting to wait, or too cold and me having missed the chance to get it at the right time , or hoping to find the one that is just right for me now.
I named this blog WisdomEnough.com because I didn’t want to wait until I was smarter or wiser. I wanted to do it now.
After all, we don’t need all wisdom or lots of wisdom, just enough wisdom for today! And that is great to my way of thinking. After all, we keep learning new stuff ( some of which we don’t yet know whether to call wisdom or not)
And isn’t true of most things? How much money is enough? How much time is enough? How many friends are enough? When will we be enough?
Doesn’t it depend on what we need or want it for?
- Money enough to spare and share is a favorite concept of mine.
- Time enough to do what we am here on earth to do.
- Friends enough to love well and be loved by.
- We already are enough!
Do you have any “lessons learned” or “truths discovered” that were “good enough” or “wisdom enough” for you?
the little things…
Have you ever let the “little things” in your life get you down, make you mad or take the joy out of your life? If so, then this little story I found is for you. The Lesson of the Eagle and the Crow “The only bird that dares to peck an eagle is the crow. […]
Why humor?
For those of you who are old enough to remember Red Skelton, I think you’ll enjoy this post. For those of you not old enough, you can see what you missed! Red Skelton had a lot of great one-liners and was known for his clean humor. It wasn’t sophisticated humor. It was the good old […]
What’s Your “Quarantine 15”?
We don’t have to bring everything from last year into this year of 2021. And I’m not just talking about those possible extra 15 pounds! What about the “15” piles of clutter that resulted from all our homebound activity and working from home? What about the “15” projects that we started and never finished? What […]
And the good news is…
Here’s some very good news: beliefs are malleable. They can be changed. In the end, it takes some time to create new beliefs, but what you are really doing is creating a new you. Tossing out those old beliefs (like I’m too old, I don’t know how, I don’t deserve it) and carving out new […]
Our journey together is so short…
This beautiful message came from a number of blog posts online. It’s for all of us. A young lady sat in a bus. At the next stop a loud and grumpy old lady came and sat by her. She squeezed into the seat and bumped her with her numerous bags. The person sitting on the […]
See yourself in this story?
I’m sharing this wonderful story yet again about the great violinist, Itzhak Perlman! On November 18, 1995, in Lincoln Center in New York City, Perlman was ready to play when suddenly one of his violin strings broke with a snap as sharp as a gunshot. He could not hop up and run off the stage […]
Kids’ letters to God…
A number of years ago I posted a collection of fun questions asked by youngsters. In a light-hearted mood, I want to expand on them and see if you find these new ones as delightful as I do! Let me know which one… resonates with you, or tickles your funny bone, or makes you think! […]
Christmas Eve and books!
In this Christmas season of 2020, books might well be a solution for us. I know books make me happier! I think Iceland is on to something with their Christmas Book Flood idea. A 2013 study showed that 50% of Icelandics read more than 8 books in a year and 93% read at least one […]
A gift for ourselves?
December is always a somewhat crazy month, and this year is even more so! A month of highs and lows, of stress and relaxation, of endings and beginnings. And as we face the end of the holiday season, and as the year is ending, we may face a bit of melancholy sparked with a dab […]