Wisdom is a trait that most young people think very little about these days. It's unfortunate that younger people have little time to sit and consider their lives. Instead, they are being consistently bombarded with the huge array of technologies offered to them by our so called age of communication. Each moment of the day, they're connected to the cloud with things like Facebook, texting, and Twitter ever at their fingertips.
There's sadly little time they have to just be alone with their own thoughts and contemplate life and what it means to be part of humankind. A smart person once said, "the more the words, the less the meaning." I agree with this statement, and is my overall opinion of this so called age of communication. Everyone seems to be saying so much, but everyone is also saying so little.
Everybody is clammoring for our attention, attempting to be shocking and bold, but never really offering anything meaningful to fill our lives. I worry a lot about the generation to come. Without healthy times of solitude, alone with their own thoughts, how will the generation to come ever expect to gain the wisdom that can only come through healthy thoughtful solitude?
It's true to say that this isn't the only way that wisdom is acquired, that a lot of wisdom is experiential wisdom found simply through living. But pensive solitude is one of the finest ways somebody can find a clear perspective and direction, and to work out exactly where they fit in this grand scheme of life.
That's the reason why I, even though a 20 something year old, don't frequent any of the gateways of mass communication out there. I like being free, not ever connected and telling everybody all the tiny details of how I live my daily life. I like not being in the circle on what's popular at any given moment. I like shutting down the valve of mass clammoring and being able to steal away to somewhere quiet and to just ponder life. You ought to give it a try sometime.
There's sadly little time they have to just be alone with their own thoughts and contemplate life and what it means to be part of humankind. A smart person once said, "the more the words, the less the meaning." I agree with this statement, and is my overall opinion of this so called age of communication. Everyone seems to be saying so much, but everyone is also saying so little.
Everybody is clammoring for our attention, attempting to be shocking and bold, but never really offering anything meaningful to fill our lives. I worry a lot about the generation to come. Without healthy times of solitude, alone with their own thoughts, how will the generation to come ever expect to gain the wisdom that can only come through healthy thoughtful solitude?
It's true to say that this isn't the only way that wisdom is acquired, that a lot of wisdom is experiential wisdom found simply through living. But pensive solitude is one of the finest ways somebody can find a clear perspective and direction, and to work out exactly where they fit in this grand scheme of life.
That's the reason why I, even though a 20 something year old, don't frequent any of the gateways of mass communication out there. I like being free, not ever connected and telling everybody all the tiny details of how I live my daily life. I like not being in the circle on what's popular at any given moment. I like shutting down the valve of mass clammoring and being able to steal away to somewhere quiet and to just ponder life. You ought to give it a try sometime.
About the Author:
Ben Mester is a writer who loves to write about wisdom and life. For more on this subject, check out his blog posts on Bible verses about wisdom, and Bible verses about pride.
