Self-Improvement

When I chose this topic I never thought it was so difficult for me. Firstly, because of my little English vocabulary and also because I had never thought about how wisdom has helped me grow.

First of all, before starting my text, it is important to know what wisdom is. According to Dictionary.com (2020), wisdom is:

• The quality of having experience, knowledge and good judgement
• The body of knowledge and principles that develops within a specified society or period.

If someone were to ask me: what is wisdom for me? My answer would be: It is the result of the knowledge that I gain from the experience of every situation that I live, be it good or bad. I would also say: Every day I ask God for his help to guide me on the right path and to have wisdom in every situation in my life and not act on impulse.

I have lived through several good and bad situations throughout my life that have given me wisdom. An example of a not bad, but sad experience was when I arrived in Canada. In Nicaragua I had a room full of clothes, most of which I didn't even wear, but in Canada I arrived with 1 suitcase and a backpack where the most important thing for me to carry was the photos of my family, my bible, and the things that reminded me of my family and friends. And as the days, months and years of living in Canada passed, I realized that valuing these reminders more was not in error, because it gave me the wisdom to learn that you don't need to have a lot of clothes to feel good. The important thing is to have basic and functional clothes. In Canada, nobody cares if you wear brand clothes, the important thing is that it protects you from the cold and you feel comfortable.

That difficult situation of moving countries gave me the wisdom to value family more and to realize that material things have no value. The most important thing now is my family, health and that every day we have the opportunity to have a roof over our heads and a plate of food on the table.