Short story: Hidden wisdom is often obtained from over the back fences in our lives. Back fence wisdom!

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Lionel lived next to an old lady, who he used to talk to over the back fence. Lionel liked to talk to her, for she always seemed to talk so wisely on nearly every subject that he spoke to her about. And so, Lionel compiled a list of some of the sayings that she used in her speech, as used by her on various occasions, when they had talked together. They were all short and sharp, and they all contained great wisdom in them, well, at least he thought so, anyway. Here they are, well, at least this is his first page of them: When one is lost, who gets found first, your lostness, or the way. The emptiness of a barrel of bread depends on the one filling it up everyday. The life of anyone never depends on the one living it, but more on the ones around him, when he lets them affect him so. The greatest efforts never can find the greatest freedom. Freedom is effortlessness alive, not struggled for. Overexamination of self leads one away from the self. Patience finds the patient. Life is only a problem to fools, fooling themselves about life. Love is always the wisest path to take. We all see the same fence, but we lean over it differently, according to our needs to whim, or not whim. You need to take your chances to become wise. You can learn not best from mistakes, if you do not make them first. When the old girl died, Lionel read out a few of these sayings at her funeral. Everybody was surprised at how wise this dear little old lady really was, or had been. Most people had tried to ignore her, and never stopped to chat things over with her, but Lionel, was different, and by the end of his own life, he was nearly as wise as this old lady had been too. We learn from others when we recognise the learnings in those others. Lionel had gained his own richness in life from his old neighbour. Photo Credit: The photo used in this article was sourced from the free media site, pixabay.com Never prejudge the wiseness of anyone, and you might be surprised by their wisdom, as Lionel was here.