Teeth and wisdom. Is there any connection? If you asked me this question few years ago I would have laughed. It was very clear to me there is no connection at all. there are teeth and there’s wisdom. Two different things.

Teeth

Our teeth start to grow when we’re babies. It’s usually painful and we cry, but we don’t remember this pain when we grow up and see other babies teething. At school, the primary teeth fall out and permanent teeth come instead. Usually the tooth fairy used to come at night, so we were very excited to pull our teeth out.

But, things in life change very quickly…

Recently, two of my wisdom teeth decided it’s their show time. They put up the whole show, with red and swollen face, swollen gums, they hurt my jaws, I couldn’t chew properly. No fun at all. The last time it happened – was very long time ago and I thought I would get away with it. Unfortunately  I was wrong. I knew I would eventually need to extract them, but until now they were harmless.

It all started in one day… I don’t really understand it, but maybe because my 35th birthday is getting closer? or maybe, only maybe I’ve become smarter this year?
Well, I can say that I am smarter than what I was before in many ways.

Wisdom

God was very generous and gave me the gift of learning. I am a quick learner, I learn my lessons from whoever comes near me, friends’ experience, stories, my own past experience, even from my kids. I actually learn every single day. Because I learn so much, I try to teach whoever wants to learn – whatever I have learned.

In the last couple of years I’ve learned what it feels like to be happy, to feel like a real family, to live the life exactly like I wanted to live it, to experience new places and to teach my kids skills I learned myself. Now that I  have the life proof that I am much smarter, the wisdom teeth can be extracted. Although it  just a reminder from life, I can now say that I am older and smarter.