I was thinking recently that the wisdom to make good decisions typically comes from lessons learned by making bad decisions. You would think that most of us could learn by observing the bad decisions of others, but apparently that doesn’t work so well. We tend to think that it didn’t work for that guy but it will work for me.

Patience is one of those things that you need but don’t really want to pray for, because the moment you do, your patience gets tested. Then you find how little patience you really have. But I suppose that the goal is that each time you have a little more patience than before. At least that’s how I imagine it works.

But if there’s a skunk eating my food, I think I can be wise and patient rather than hasty and stinky. At least I would hope so.