Live Well, Live Wisely

'Do you want to be counted wise, to build a reputation for wisdom? Here's what you do: Live well, live wisely, live humbly. It's the way you live, not the way you talk, that counts. Mean-spirited ambition isn't wisdom. Boasting that you are wise isn't wisdom. Twisting the truth to make yourselves sound wise isn't wisdom. It's the furthest thing from wisdom - it's animal cunning, devilish conniving. Whenever you're trying to look better than others or get the better of others, things fall apart and everyone ends up at the others' throats. Real wisdom, God's wisdom, begins with a holy life and is characterized by getting along with others. It is gentle and reasonable, overflowing with mercy and blessings, not hot one day and cold the next, not two-faced. You can develop a healthy, robust community that lives right with God and enjoy its results only if you do the hard work of getting along with each other, treating each other with dignity and honour.'

This is a quotation from a letter in the New Testament of the Bible written by the brother of Jesus. When I read it I think that most politicians could learn from it! I also think of people I met at school and work - 'Two faced', talking and laughing at others behind their backs, 'Boasting', look what Ive got, look how good at sport I am.

I tell myself they couldn't really be happy having to do such mean things. What do you think?