Wisdom is Fermented and Shared like a Fine Wine.
To ferment is to distill something down to its essence and preserve it. We do it with beer, wine, yogurt, kimchi, and kombucha.
We also do it with wisdom. To become wise is to extract the wheat from the chaff. To know what represents an important lesson and what doesn’t. To use the raw materials of our life to become more sagacious. And, then, like with a fine wine, we’re meant to share that wisdom.
The French author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, who wrote “The Little Prince,” suggested, “Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add but when there is nothing left to take away, when a body has been stripped down to its nakedness.”
It’s no wonder that the words “wine” and “wise” are almost identical. They are both products of the skillful editing of grapes and life experience.
-Chip
