Introverted wisdom

When your insights run so deep, your messages always come out long, and you know most people aren't wise enough to listen so you don't bother even trying to share that wisdom.

Insights so deep I don't bother to share

Most people don't care to listen to wisdom that requires time and attention

They want to express their own views

They want to express

I don't blame them

They are where they're at

But I learn from listening

I listen closely and carefully

That's why my insights run so deep

My frustration is from knowing I can expand their mind

My shortage is compassion and kindness to take time and do it gently

To let them know I understand where they're coming from 

If I focus on empathy, I lose any motivation to help them at all

Does that mean my motivation was expressing myself too, not helping them at all?

It all comes down to the ego. 

My ego is charged by the challenge of my perceptions

The challenge of their ignorance

Feeling that I know better

Believing they are wrong or less aware

I want to correct them

I want to be acknowledged for my wisdom

I want the world to be a better place

But the responsibility is not mine to help, correct or fix every person or any person I come across

So I consider speaking, and then become passive

I consider it pointless too, I know there will be resistance in the other

I would only consider it worthwhile if paid for a therapy session

I don't see enough reward

I prefer to stay silent

Let people figure it out in their own time

They are where they are

I am where I am

If my motivation only comes from righteousness than forget about it

I want to be heard. They want to be seen

If it causes a clash, a conflict, this is not my intention

So, if someone is innocent and willing to listen, if someone truly cares, if they are sincere

I will listen, I will speak, I will give, I will help them

For everyone else in the world who believes they know it all

Let them continue

The only thing that hurts us is not understanding, not knowing, not seeing clearly

For those of us who choose to listen, to pay attention, to hear fully

We will have clarity, power of knowledge, wisdom and awareness

This brings me to peace at the end of it, every time I see or hear words from ignorance and I feel desire to respond

I decide it's not worth my energy and instead I sit back, relax, focus on enjoying my moment.