True Knowledge and Wisdom

In the news you always hear about how public schools are not teaching children the right skills to be competitive in today’s global economy or how college degrees are not preparing students for the jobs that are available.  A colleague and I recently had a discussion about ideas on how schools can be fixed. He was studying for a Masters in Public Policy at Northwestern University in Chicago and I have a Masters in Public Administration.  We always share ideas on how public policies can be created to support public schools.  Being as cynical as I am, I talked about ideas vaguely but wanted to speak on things that are beyond our control without offending in the workplace.  Working in corporate America has taught me that some of the things that you are not to talk about are politics, religion, and sometimes sports.  I ask myself on a daily basis, why you can’t talk about politics, religion, race, and sexuality.  Those are things that we as a society should be able to talk about.  We can talk about the latest celebrity gossip such as Jay Z and Beyoncé’s baby being born by a surrogate, the Kardashians, how much the new CEO of Apple received in salary, and the list goes on.  Those things can seem interesting often to a point where they are trivial.  Have we become a nation that has been dumb down by not having standards?  In my opinion, as I read blogs and the comments, society laments on the downfall of other people or the dumbing down of everything around us.  There are no standards.  Anybody can get paid doing the most slanderous, vulgar, and perverted things out there.  Somebody like Tebow who praises the Creator for all the blessings that were bestowed upon him and his team are ridiculed.  Have we become a society where bad is good and good is bad?  We have.  When man lives by his own will, we are going to have disasters.  I don’t care who they elect in office, nothing is going to change for the overall good.  Things may seem like they are getting better, but in actuality, they are not.  With all the colleges and universities out there, we are a society that is definitely dumb down lacking true knowledge and wisdom.  I have two masters degrees and I feel that my wisdom and knowledge has come from the Creator.  My mother has taught me if you pray for anything, pray for wisdom and understanding.  Wisdom and understanding comes from the Creator. Wisdom that is bestowed upon those who incline their ears, apply their heart, cry out, seek wisdom, and search for it.  Wisdom is the understanding of what is true, right or lasting.  Nothing is everlasting.  Things that were it, are no longer.  If society seeks wisdom and understanding, most of the problems that we have will be minimum.  You can acquire much knowledge from education, but true wisdom comes only from the Creator.

Blessings!!!!!