United We Create Wisdom

The serpent…
Intelligence, the fable creature
who touted his intelligence
to temp the innocent into craving
the capacity for learning,
reasoning and understanding;
acquiring an aptitude to grasp
truths, facts, meanings,
and then gathering or distributing of that
selfsame information,
especially secret information.
Ah it is a heady feeling indeed
when we feel we have bridged
the known and the unknown
accessing knowledge that is forbidden,
we easily become proud,
arrogant and haughty in our
perception that knowledge is power.
But as in all things there
must be balance not all knowledge
 is good or beneficial
and like a weapon, it is amoral
but in the hands of the wielder
it can be used for good or evil.

The dove…  
Kindness, represents the pure heart
in a state of grace, acting or being kind,
manifesting good and charitable behavior
which in turn presents itself as a pleasant
disposition, and concern for others,
a virtue in of its self;
giving without expectations, declarations
or recognition, in its purest form
innocent, naïve and ignorant to malice.  

On there own both have faults
one a virtue and the other a vanity
but combined one tempers the other
intelligence give kindness the wisdom
to know that not all are
deserving of said virtue,
while kindness humbles intelligence
so that it does not become too
haughty in its superiority.
This is where both together
make wisdom and the wielder
a sage and maybe a philosopher.

Gypsy Red