"Wisdom calls aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the public squares; at the head of the noisy streets she cries out, in the gateways of the city she makes her speech:"
Notice that wisdom is not hidden in some secret place, attainable only to the enlightened gnostic. Wisdom is available to all. She even cries out to us. So it is that those who fail to obtain wisdom have chosen to ignore her.
Upon sharing this thought with some middle school students, one of them astutely commented, "Maybe the reason they don't listen to wisdom is that there's too much noise going on around them." Now that really is profound! Wisdom is not hiding, but the world and its ideas constantly threaten to drown out the message. So if you would obtain wisdom, you must apply yourself to listen and to follow her voice.
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