A good part of Wisdom you must master with all your life is to know what to ignore in your daily experiences with people and life. It is not everything that comes our way that we must focus on because the more we put all our minds on these, the more we will find out that they are not worth the effort.
Wisdom is there for us to embrace, to respect and to hold on to. What goes on around us will continue to be rotated every day. Life is such that many things have passed and they still come back even if it takes years for them to return.
We must understand and get to the point in our lives that we cannot focus all our attention on everything that happened around us. It will be great wastes if we do that.
The truth is most of these things happening around us, are not for us. If they are for us, then they would have happened directly to us.
Why many people get into trouble so easily and so neat is because they do not master the art of ignoring things going on around them, thus they have focused so much into these things to the extent that they got themselves involved for no reason and the end results are fatal.
It will be of tangible benefit for you and for your life if you learn to ignore many things going on. If people are fighting, it is not your business to come in between them unless you are trying to save a soul. Otherwise, learn to ignore. When two people, even if they are your friends or colleagues are discussing, do not put your mouth in so that they will not trapped you in when they need to settle their scores.
When you neighbours are fighting, if you can, just alert the Police BUT stay in your room so that you will be wise enough to avoid the deadly blow the husband intended for his wife but mistakenly landed it on you.
In case your children are arguing, make sure you come in when it is necessary and not just about any time. Allow kids to resolve their disputes by themselves. It makes them grow and be more reasonable between themselves.
Are you going through the street and you see a group of people fighting, you will be doing well to yourself if you ignore and run for your life. There is no gain when you try to go there to act like Peace-maker and thus losing your life through a knife or gun shot.
Wisdom profits than foolishness! Learn to ignore.
Cheers!
Princess Ayelotan
Author
TASTE OF HUNGER
SHADOW OF THE SUN