Our knowledge usually comes from our experiences we've had throughout our lives. If we touched the stove and got burned, we knew to be more careful next time. If we fell running down the steps, hopefully, we'd be go a little slower next time. If we drank too many beers and got really sick, the best thing we could do would be to drink less the next time.
If we don't make mistakes, and learn from them, giving us knowledge of the situation, there will be no wisdom retrieved. Wisdom is the grandfather of knowledge. When you have been through much, and accepted much, and paid for much, and hurt through much, and endured much, you are Blessed with wisdom. Sometimes it seems a high price to pay, but where there is no knowledge of what it's like to be hurt and wounded, there is no wisdom on how to prevent it from happening to you again.
If you are lied to or manipulated, you may feel sorry for yourself and angry, when in reality, every situation is a life lesson, and each of these lessons add to our knowledge, and bring us to wisdom. When we acquire wisdom, it is easier to see the pitfalls we must stay away from to ensure a calm and peaceful existence. Experience is the only way we can fully absorb what having emotions can do. How does it feel to be sad, mad, angry, excited, happy, depressed, hopeless, hopeful?
We can't describe these reactions to life, if we haven't experienced them. At the same time, we may have a hard time dealing with them, because we are living through the knowledge part. Wisdom would have pointed us in another direction. However, the wisdom hadn't been born yet because the knowledge was still in progress. I think the more we go through, both good and bad, the more wisdom we possess.
If we keep putting the vase on the shelf that vibrates from the washer, and it keeps falling, there is something not catching in the brain, telling us, put something else up you can put sticky tape under! The knowledge that it's going to keep falling has to be absorbed and turned into wisdom, so you don't have to keep going through the same things over and over.
It's up to us to keep up with the knowledge of everyday living, and then, the occasional "upsets" of life. We need to retain the information we've gone through the pain to learn, and turn it into the wisdom that will keep us from repeating the same actions.
If we are worriers, and constantly thinking about this child, or this family member, or this friend, and we are so filled with worrying about them that we make ourselves sick, then we have to learn. We have to have a talk with ourselves and reorganize how we feel. I've done it, and have to continue doing it. My two kids are out there in this big old World, and I worry about them, but I had to realize that they are doing what they are supposed to be doing, and I need to trust their judgment.
If it isn't the right choice, they, too, will gain some knowledge. Whether they turn that knowledge into wisdom, is up to them. I passed my wisdom on to them. I feel I did my part, now, they have to do theirs'. However, I am still concerned, but that's different than being so worried I make myself depressed and unhappy. The knowledge of going through that, passed on the wisdom to stop! These lessons for getting through life in a pleasant way, are hard, they delve into all different areas, but they are necessary to push us forward.
Knowledge is golden, although it certainly doesn't always feel like that at the time. It has to be acquired, and that at times, can be quite painful. If a sixteen year old loses their driving privileges because of poor grades, maybe the frustration and anger and sadness that they feel for a week, will take that knowledge and turn it into wisdom.
The wisdom to do better the next semester. The choice is theirs'. The knowing of what the consequence will be is now knowledge they have. If they've acquired wisdom, they'll push themselves, do their homework, and do better. If they don't, they haven't yet matured to use that knowledge and build upon it into wisdom, and a happier, more peaceful life. If they have a job, and they don't show up on time, do a good job while there, and leave early, what do you think is going to happen? Ah, but they were saving up for something.
Well the they should have been early, worked hard, and left late. If they find another job, and are still saving for the same thing, and have more things on the horizon, they should have learned from the last job, taken that knowledge and turned it into wisdom, and now, will work hard, be on time, and they'll do fine. We don't have to be older to possess wisdom, we just have to know how to take our experiences and learn from them. Change some of our characteristics if we have to, and do things differently. It'll be better for us, and those we spend out time with. Life can be more peaceful if we work at it. Knowledge comes from learning, wisdom comes from knowledge, and all comes from God.
  
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