Wisdom

Beyond the acquisition of knowledge, however, wisdom is needed.
Bahá’u’lláh describes wisdom as “the greatest gift,” as humanity’s “unfail-
ing protector,” and as the “foremost teacher in the school of existence.”

(Bahá'u'lláh quoted in Creating a New Mind by Paul Lample)

Highlights this week:

First week back at work in the French School.
Friday: Celebrating end of Ramadan with Islamic community
Saturday:
Sunday:

Wisdom unites knowledge and action

"Wisdom unites knowledge and action; it involves the application of
knowledge according to the exigencies of each situation."
(Paul Lample, Create A New Mind, p. 16)

...with pure motives, and only for the sake of God ...arise...serve

Is there any greater blessing conceivable for a man, than that he
should become the cause of the education, the development, the
prosperity and honor of his fellow-creatures? No, by the Lord God!
The highest righteousness of all is for blessed souls to take hold of
the hands of the helpless and deliver them out of their ignorance
and abasement and poverty, and with pure motives, and only for
the sake of God, to arise and energetically devote themselves to the
service of the masses, forgetting their own worldly advantage and
working only to serve the general good.

(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, in Paul Lample, Creating a New Mind, page 14) 

“our past is not the thing that matters so much in this world as what we intend to do with our future”

Acquiring humility calls for the rejection of both guilt—the paralyzing, harsh judgment of the failure to live up to the standard—and complacency—the reinterpretation of the standard, lowering it to suit personal comfort and preferences. The Guardian’s words that 'our past is not the thing that matters so much in this world as what we intend to do with our future' help us to overcome feelings of guilt. And we can avoid complacency by always acknowledging the truth of the divine standard raised by Bahá’u’lláh, upholding it under all circumstances, and refusing to compromise it with the commonly accepted standards of our time."
 (Shoghi Effendi, quoted in Paul Lample, Creating a New Mind, page 15)