Devotion

Wisdom includes knowing what to overlook. Not everything requires response. Not every slight deserves attention. Not every offense needs confrontation. The mature person has the capacity to let some things go, to not take every provocation personally, to recognize that not everything is about them. This is different from weakness; it is actually a form of strength—the strength to choose your battles and to know when peace is more valuable than being right. This applies both to real offenses and to perceived ones. Often we are offended by things that were never meant as offense. Wisdom includes the humility to wonder whether we are reading the situation correctly and the grace to give others the benefit of the doubt.