I've tried to listen to or read a chapter of Proverbs every day.
This book in the Bible (https://www.bible.com/bible/97/PRO.1.MSG) is
supposed to contain wisdom that Solomon and a few others learned and
shared centuries ago. It has a lot of good advice on how to live your
life, things to be careful of, and things to do.
When I read or listen to Proverbs I typically focus on whatever day
of the month it is. If it's the third day of the month then I'm
reading or listening to chapter 3. If it's the 22nd day of the month
I'm listening to chapter 22.
It's worked out well! I've listened to or read the book of Proverbs
over 20 times now, in consecutive months. That wisdom is slowly
sinking into my head, although I'm still not quite where I want to be.
So often people focus on where the faults are and how not to be a fool but
lately I've been focusing on what it says about sages and how to be
one of the "wise" people.
Not a wise guy like in the Mafia, or funny guy on stage, but wise in
thinking, discerning, and deciding things.
I hope that by doing this I am becoming a sage. It says in Proverbs
that a gang of cynics can upset a whole city but a few sages can calm
things down. (https://www.bible.com/bible/97/PRO.29.8.MSG)
Proverbs has a lot of other things to say about sages. I think that
that's a word we don't use enough nowadays.
I hope that I'm becoming like a sage!
