Wisdom, however, is a curious being. She doesn't reside in one mind, in one time, or in one place. She's capricious, whimsical, and full of humor. She's freakish.
Sometimes she hides so deeply that only years of serious study can ferret her out. At other times, she appears unbidden, like a wayward child, when you least expect her.
Sometimes you glimpse her from far off, shining in the stars. In more domestic moods, she reposes in a card layout on your kitchen table, in a swirl of water, in your daughter's eyes.
Sometimes she vanishes altogether, and makes you curse the day you sought her out. She may reappear, however, an hour later, in the chance remark of your next-door neighbor.
She doesn't prefer one people, one climate, or one direction to another.
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