Friday, September 28, 2012

Health, Wealth or Wisdom

   Here's a wish for everyone's future -- that we all be Healthy, Wealthy and Wise.
   Having one, however, is no guarantee that a person will get either one or both of the other two.
   Access to Wealth may enable one to get a more prestigious education, but this does not guarantee that one will use it Wisely.
   We have met many who have a piece of paper indicating they spent four years attending an institution of higher learning. Even so, they remain ignorant and lack common sense. They have a diploma, but don't know diddley. And common sense is not common.
   As for Health, Wealth and Wisdom, few have all three, and those who do tend to stay out of politics. That leaves voters with the task of choosing a candidate who has, at most, two of the three.
   So the question facing voters is this: Which two, and who has them?
   Let's assume two candidates for the same office, and both have good Health. The choice then becomes one of Wealth or Wisdom.
   One candidate may be far wealthier than the other, but since Wealth alone is no guarantee or indicator of Wisdom, that brings the choice to deciding which candidate has more Wisdom.
   Assume both candidates have graduate-level diplomas (e.g. Law or MBA). The decision then rests on which candidate has actually acquired some knowledge and, more important, knows how to use it (i.e. Wisdom).
   The choice then becomes clear, and easy.

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