Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding. Proverbs 4:1
I love wisdom. I love just sitting in the presence of someone much more wise and learned than I am. Rarely do I get that opportunity, but when I do, I just soak it in.
I was working on a mail loading job once where we had a lot of down time before the trucks arrived. One man decided to ask one question from everyone around the room. “What is one piece of advice you’d like to pass on to others, just one, not two, but one?” The answers he received were as varied as the people answering the informal survey
Could you do it? Could you honestly answer the question? What would it be? Try it this week and let me know your response.
If given a chance, people will tell you what they think about things big and small, important and mundane. Sometimes you just have to ask.