I really believe that I know a lot about what I need to do and about what is right and wrong.  But I find that I don't put my knowledge to work the way that I ought to. I usually think that I am wise, but if I define wisdom as putting knowledge into action then I am not as wise as I would like to be.  I simply get lazy and distracted sometimes, and I don't keep at it the way that I should.  I can excuse some of that because I am finding that just being 65 (almost) does have an affect.  But what I lose is offset by by years of experience and a lot of things are easier now then they were before.  And I have gained some good things along the way that add a positive too.  But the saying "where much is given, much is required" pops up to keep me humble and figure there is more to gain than what I have gained to date  And then the clincher is that just because one knows more, is wise in the application and has developed skills galore there is still no guarantee because life gets  more complicated and difficult just because that is what life does.  I heard someone say the other day that we look for stages to come which will change things for the better.  We say 'when I graduate' (Nicholas) or 'when we are married' (Richard) or 'when the kids come along' or 'when the kids move along' or when this or that. We have said that same thing since we were married, and we know that it is not true.  Sure stages come and go, but life stays pretty much the same.  It continues to test us, to try us and to aggravate us.  And our life seems somehow to take on its own life.  I can't explain that, but I believe that it has happened to me.  It's as though I am a bystander watching me live my life from some outside vantage point.  But whatever it is so be it.  I can't changed much of it but I can find 'serenity' in it, and move forward enjoying it for the odd, quirky deal that it is.  I wish the same for you!