The Fool Thinks His Own Way Right
The way of a fool seems right to him, but the wise listen to counsel.
Do I ask for advice while really only wanting my own view confirmed?
📝Reflection
The essence of folly is not a lack of knowledge but an inability to doubt one's own thinking. Even the fool always seems right in his own eyes. That very certainty is the problem. The single difference from the wise is whether one opens the ear to counsel. My field of vision always has a blind spot, and that blind spot is visible only through another's eyes. So the wise, before deciding, always seek a voice unlike their own. To take advice is not spinelessness but the clarity of knowing the gaps in one's judgment. The moment one is certain of being right alone, a person becomes most foolish.
🌱Apply It Today
Facing an important decision today, deliberately ask someone likely to think differently from you.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
