THE GETTING OF WISDOM
All growth is a spontaneous leap in the dark;
An unpremediated act, sometimes for a lark.
Fearlessly let intuition be your guide.
Develop the strength to swim ‘gainst the tide.
For courage like muscle is strengthened by use.
Be not subdued by others abuse.
Skeptical searching is the path to being wise,
Mind always open and so to your eyes,
To history and science and so to subsume,
The nurturing of thoughts and never assume,
That personal beliefs are so sacrosanct;
That reason and truth are somehow outranked.
by Pikey on Sunday, July 19, 2009
