Twitterdom vs. Wisdom?

“Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers”
Alfred Lord Tennyson

Twitterdom vs. Wisdom?
Dan Miller
48Days.com

While attending a funeral recently, I glanced up and down just my row to see several people Twittering and checking emails in the last few minutes prior to the beginning of the service. It’s now common during sermons and seminars to see people with their heads down, busy passing on tidbits of information instantly. This morning I read that one million people are following Ashton Kutcher on Twitter.

I suggest that this massive addiction to information leads us away from wisdom, not toward it, creating what author Shane Hill calls “a permanent puberty of the mind.” Recognize that information, knowledge and even intelligence do not necessarily lead to wisdom. The overload of information in fact encourages the opposite of what creates wisdom – stillness, time, reflection and solitude.

With the internet, TV, email, FaceBook, Twitter and cell phones, there is no waiting. There is no such thing as stillness or quiet personal reflection. Meaningful experiences and the path toward wisdom can be diverted by constant information.

I am not anti-technology. I love having instant access to useful information. But this is much like having a bowl of peanut M&Ms in front of me. I tend to eat them just because they are there. At some point I will have to remove myself from the bowl or my initial pleasure will turn to misery and sickness.

And I believe allowing a constant diet of unlimited information and data into our brain will also ultimately turn from being a useful treat to something that will cause our mental lives to become bloated and deprive us of the characteristics we desire most.

We have to decide when to push back from the table of information overload – where it leads to our emotional, social, philosophical, and psychological sickness rather than being a useful addition in our quest for wisdom. I have made strategic decisions to not be on Facebook or use Twitter. Not because they are bad but because I have to chose which tools that I can use effectively.

Increasing the rate of information input to your brain may make you a candidate for Jeopardy but it probably has little to do with increasing spiritual characteristics like love, trust, compassion, faith, courage -- and wisdom.

Want to increase your wisdom?

Practice reflection, meditation and introspective thinking for 30 minutes each morning. Many who allow constant input are keeping themselves in the shallow end of the wisdom pool. Don’t be one of them.

- Turn off the TV for at least two hours every evening

- Read your email at set times during the day – perhaps once in the morning and once in the evening. Don’t allow yourself to be interrupted with every new incoming message

- Spend four hours on Saturday without your cell phone or computer

- Plan one day a quarter on an “information fast.” Get away from your computer, your cell phone, TV and the newspapers. You’ll be amazed at how your creativity will increase – you may get the one idea that will change your future

- Read one good non-fiction book each month. Choose carefully from the wisdom of the ages.

Incidentally, according to a new Nielson report, 60% of Twitter users sign up and drop out after one month. And I seriously doubt that following Ashton Kutcher is going to increase your wisdom.

Dan Miller is today's leading authority and personality on careers and 'Work You LoveTM'. As bestselling author of 48 Days To The Work You Love, and now No More Mondays, Dan reaches over a million people every month ia his newsletter, podcast, and blog with the best trends and opportunities in the workplace and small business. For more information, visit http://www.48days.com.
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Lord Jesus be merciful to me a sinner. I realize that I have sinned against you and come short of your glory. I confess that Jesus Christ is Lord and I believe in my heart that God has raised him from the dead. I pray for your forgiveness and ask that you save me now and accept me into your kingdom. Give me eternal life today.
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Issue # 21 - Special ‘K’

Do you know that everyone of us are in search of an answer to something? Sometimes its personal, family, work related, national or worldwide etc. Many times you are looking for more than one at a time. Many of us spend countless hours, days, years trying to get the solution to whatever we are dealing with.

It may be something like how to get more income with little investment. Maybe your trying to get more people to understand you. What about something very important in this hour like how to recession proof your life.

The answer to reduce crime, make communities safer. Living healthier. Finding ways to enhance our relationships, raising children better. Find better ways to store data using less space and material. Innovative ways to communicate globally. Build homes at a lower cost.

Companies are aiming more to produce more in an efficient manner - all while aiming to keep quality at its best. But the question is HOW?

This question is going through your mind and the mind of many around the world. You know what that means? We are looking for the keys to unlock these doors. You must realize that there is always a door that stands between you and the solution, but we need the 'key' to open the lock.

Key:
- answer, solution, essential, important
- device used to open a lock
- a means or method of entering into or achieving something desirable

"Curiosity is the key to creativity"
Akio Morita

If these things were so easy you would have many more persons with keys to make your life better. That’s why you should appreciate the great key holders in your life and society. These are the people who make advancing in life enjoyable. Mind you, they may have sacrificed, struggled and even been criticized for trying. But because they decided to hang in there you have it better.

Let’s give it up for Alexander Graham Bell, what would life be like without the telephone? How would you be communicating now? And how long would it take?

Now, let’s thank God for the key that was given to Thomas Edison what would you be doing after the sun goes down and the darkness sets in? I’m sure you appreciate the night light. Think about all the things you accomplished in the past because you were able to turn on a light switch.

Dr. John W Mauchly and j. Presper Ekert Jr. created the first electronic computer in the world. Look how far this instrument has brought us. How many things can be done, experienced and accomplished at the click of a mouse. From business transactions, to booking flights, shopping, chatting online, and making money. You are reading this in this format because someone took the time to search for the key to open this door.

Creator of the camera Johann Schulze in 1727 just so you can have those Kodak moments.

People have goals, challenges, issues and various problems. So they need solutions. The key thing is what do people need? What do they wish for? For people like you who want to help, your challenge is finding the keys that’s right for the people you come in contact with. Do you know that it is only a secret code that has to be revealed and the answer will be known?

"Smile, it is the key that fits the lock of everybody’s heart."
Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book

There is a Locksmith that has designed a Key for everything. He has stamped this particular key with the message Do Not Duplicate. You need special permission to override this command. This special key is designed to open the locks of all of our hearts. He is the master key holder. "I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death." Revelation 1:18 (KJV)

If the master key opens the set of several locks, then why aren’t more of us depending on the Master to open our lock? Let Jesus open that lock for you.

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Coming next week: The series continues…letter 'L'

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Are you ready to face eternity? If you have not accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour of your life and desire to make that commitment now please repeat the following prayer:

Lord Jesus be merciful to me a sinner. I realize that I have sinned against you and come
short of your glory. I confess that Jesus Christ is Lord and I believe in my heart that God has raised him from the dead. I pray for your forgiveness and ask that you save me now and accept me into your kingdom. Give me eternal life today.
In Jesus Name, Amen.

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