Wisdom

A few weeks ago, I heard someone talking about the difference between wisdom and intelligence.  They said, and I agreed, that being intelligent does not always mean you are wise, and vice-versa.  That wisdom has no age or education, it is just a gift.  I truly believe that my younger sister has the gift of wisdom.  She has an uncanny ability to see things that no one else ever sees and point it out.  She is constantly keeping me in check with things that really matter in life. I would like to think that as her older sister, I would guide her, but most often, she ends up taking care of me.  Last night, I called her and confessed that I feel like a failure as everything.  After making me tell her all the things I thought I was good at and then making her own list, she said, "Erin, failing at one aspect of your life does not make you a failure.  You weren't going to win any awards this year; none of us are good at everything.  We are just human."  If we don't have rainy days, we can't understand how amazing the sunny ones are, so for the day, I am going to try and embrace being a human in the rain and praise God for the sun.