“Life is a Festival only to the wise.” - RWE

Wisdom is a great gift. It can be found in many places. It can be found in libraries, universities, business setting, even in comic books and card shops. Wisdom is available to anyone seeking it. It has no set requirements. We are never without the availability of wisdom. The requirement is curiosity and effort. If we are not curious and without effort we accept what is handed to us. Unfortunately the world is rather stingy with wisdom. It gives us the best of the worse and the worse of the best. This is called average.
If in fact, life is a festival as Ralph Waldo Emerson (RWE) suggests wisdom is required. The trick is to move beyond conventional wisdom and learn something new. Without this we tend to repeat the same experiences over and over. We become average which is safe. We only have so many days on this earth to live; making each one count is wise. However we need information to make this happen. New information is necessary if we want to move beyond any present experience. Every inventor and creator knew this and practiced it diligently.
Wisdom as RWE describes it is not Intelligence. Intelligence is singular to our natural abilities. Wisdom is Universal in its expression. Thus wisdom is not dependant on any particular natural ability including intelligence. If this were true only the very smart, the beautiful and the talented would have wisdom which we know is not true. To have wisdom is to know the truth about any situation. To have this information is very empowering as it allows us to give our attention to the things that matter and leave the rest behind.
This Blog is meant to contain the wisdom of RWE. His wisdom has lived beyond his earthly years. It is legacy. This wisdom has personally guided me in hours of darkness and in days of goodness. Life is a festival, but only to the wise. He did not say only to the smart, lucky, beautiful, intelligent, famous, rich or talented. Wisdom is a ticket which we can always get.
In the bible is says with all your getting, get understanding. To understand something is to have wisdom about it. We spend many hours in our businesses and careers. It is a national shame to have so many people unhappy at work. Life is not a festival but a prison to those who are unhappy in their present work situation. Work is not a place to express themselves but a place to put in time to satisfy the system. This is a lose for all concerned.
The wisdom of RWE gave me the key to free me from this mental prison. It took many years and experiences to appreciate and apply this wisdom. It took curiosity and effort. It is a small price to pay for such good results. This wisdom works in all places, at all times and is all situations. It did in mine and in most days I attend the festival.
My gift to you is my interpretation of this wisdom. It contains your ticket to the festival. It’s up to you to attend. It is my hope this wisdom benefits you as much as it did me. See you at the festival.