Unfortunately, we value information, but not wisdom. Information is something we can measure, but wisdom — Where does it come from? How do you get it? If we say that wisdom comes from good judgment, that still leaves us with the question of where good judgment comes from. It seems to me that good judgment comes from experience, which comes from bad judgment. In other words, wisdom comes from all the mistakes that we have made. Part of being able to make a good finale in your life is to accept that your mistakes have given you the wisdom you have now. Wisdom comes from garnering, reconstructing and reconfiguring what we have done in order to use the information gotten from the mistake we have made. This is how we harvest a lifetime.
— Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Excerpted from the chapter "From Aging to Sage-ing:
Restoring the Soul of Eldering"
From Nourishing the Soul:
Discovering the Sacred In Every Day Life
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