There are moments in life when the situation we are facing is so charged, so loaded, that even our most intelligent and capable self cannot access what is truly needed. People get triggered. Old unfinished business rises up. And in that state, the higher capacity that every one of us carries — wisdom — becomes unavailable.
Wisdom is not necessarily popular. It’s not always the easiest realm — but, it’s the most remarkable realm for producing a rare kind of unexpected positive result.
It is the higher recognition of what would truly be best — for the situation, or for an individual or a group not just for the most vocal, the most reactive, or, the most strategic. It’s precisely in these moments when everything feels most urgent and personal that wisdom is hardest to access and most needed.
Wise Counsel is What Most of Us Need- but are Often Too Busy, Challenged or Prideful to Call Upon & Utilize.
It is the practice of calling that higher capacity in — when you cannot access it yourself, when those around you are too close to the situation, or when strategy alone will not get you where you need to go.
In this short video Kim uses a very public family as a vivid example of exactly where and why Wise Counsel is called for — and what it could change.
Calling Upon Wise Counsel is not a sign of weakness, but that of strength — and what it could bring to whatever situation one is facing that’s calling for something more than reaction, conflict, or reflex.