Intelligence - Hostage and slave
People will over-react if his hot button is pressed. A person who loses his temper easily is hostage to that emotion. That person is also hostage to another person who knows how to make him lose his temper.
A puppet may seem full of life and animation but every movement and every expression is controlled through the attached strings by someone else. We are free to do what we are supposed to do, just as apuppet is free to jerk about as required. This does not mean that this control is bad. It might sometimes be very good.
Awareness of the "possibility" of these multiple controlling influences is part of wisdom.
There are the expectations we have of ourselves. There are multiple expectations that others have of us. Expectations are somewhat like the multiple walls of a prison. When you get over the first wall you find there is another. There are the powerful expectations which people have of themselves. These are both sources of happiness and the source of unhappiness. Without expectations we get no further than where we are. It is expectations of ourselves that drive us on to achievement and success. Most successful people have had strong expectations of themselves. At the same time, unhappiness is the gap between expectations and the talent to fulfil them.
For youngsters faced with the problems and changing values of growing up, the peer group of mates is the best source of identity. They just follow others "herd behaviour".
Wisdom is a matter of making your own choices. If you choose to get your identity from the group that is your choice. You do not need to be permanently bound by that choice or bound by it in all matter. People who follow fashion slavishly still allow themselves moments of difference.
Passion is a commitment of feelings, effort and everything else to some performance. This will take you over and pull you along with.
The principle of justice is a sacrifice of freedom that you hope also to get justice when you need it. Wisdom knows that the choice is not between freedom and restriction, but between either/or choices and the designed use of both. Wisdom is knowing that you have this choice. The next step does not have to be determined by where you are right now.
Almost all the successful people had had a strong sense of "the expectation of success". When things were bad and there was a downturn of fortune they did not despair. They regarded every downturn as merely another step towards the goal. This strong sense of perspective is a key factor in wisdom.
A puppet may seem full of life and animation but every movement and every expression is controlled through the attached strings by someone else. We are free to do what we are supposed to do, just as apuppet is free to jerk about as required. This does not mean that this control is bad. It might sometimes be very good.
Awareness of the "possibility" of these multiple controlling influences is part of wisdom.
There are the expectations we have of ourselves. There are multiple expectations that others have of us. Expectations are somewhat like the multiple walls of a prison. When you get over the first wall you find there is another. There are the powerful expectations which people have of themselves. These are both sources of happiness and the source of unhappiness. Without expectations we get no further than where we are. It is expectations of ourselves that drive us on to achievement and success. Most successful people have had strong expectations of themselves. At the same time, unhappiness is the gap between expectations and the talent to fulfil them.
For youngsters faced with the problems and changing values of growing up, the peer group of mates is the best source of identity. They just follow others "herd behaviour".
Wisdom is a matter of making your own choices. If you choose to get your identity from the group that is your choice. You do not need to be permanently bound by that choice or bound by it in all matter. People who follow fashion slavishly still allow themselves moments of difference.
Passion is a commitment of feelings, effort and everything else to some performance. This will take you over and pull you along with.
The principle of justice is a sacrifice of freedom that you hope also to get justice when you need it. Wisdom knows that the choice is not between freedom and restriction, but between either/or choices and the designed use of both. Wisdom is knowing that you have this choice. The next step does not have to be determined by where you are right now.
Almost all the successful people had had a strong sense of "the expectation of success". When things were bad and there was a downturn of fortune they did not despair. They regarded every downturn as merely another step towards the goal. This strong sense of perspective is a key factor in wisdom.
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