In this spoken monologue, the speaker reflects on the importance of listening to younger people, especially regarding technology and contemporary issues, acknowledging that they often possess greater knowledge than older adults. He emphasizes that wisdom is the foundational virtue to acquire and pass down through generations, using the metaphor of planting seeds to illustrate how insights can germinate in future leaders—potentially becoming figures like Joseph, Obama, Colin Powell, or Condoleezza Rice. The speaker stresses personal responsibility to share wisdom intentionally, despite the discomfort it may cause older listeners, and highlights the unpredictable nature of which generation will fulfill a divine purpose.
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But should I sit here and lie to you so that I don't hurt your feelings? Sometimes when kids talk to us about certain things, you got to think about— sometimes when kids talk to us about certain stuff, especially things that we don't know about, especially technology and this and that, we don't want to listen to them or whatever. They don't know what they talking about. But all along, they, they do know what they talking about because they know more than you. And it can be hurtful that they know this stuff more than you. Here you is 60 years old and this kid 15 and got more wisdom and understanding about this area in life than you do. So yeah, it could be hurtful in a, in a sense. But, uh, as far as what CJ said right now, the, on, on, on, on planting seeds, man, I don't care about being— I don't care about your feelings. It is what it is. It is what it is. But as we grow, we are called to use our voices with intention and wisdom. And so that's what I'm doing. I'm trying to be in, give you, you know what I'm saying, give you wisdom, man. You know what I'm saying? It say that, it say that the principal thing, the principal thing is wisdom. So the first thing in life to get, especially when you become a mature adult, is to get wisdom and understanding. That is the principal thing. That is the first thing you need to get. Why? Because wisdom can be passed down from generations to generations. My father passed down wisdom to me. Now I pass down wisdom to my children, especially my boys, you know, whatever, because I'm a man and I can relate to them more. Not saying I don't relate to my girls, but sometimes one— yeah, whatever it is, what it is, love them to death. But, uh, yeah, man, wisdom can be passed down from generations to generations. Man. And, and I'mma say this again, you don't know which generation God has already pre-dang for that seed to come out of that generation to be the one that bring their family out of the generational curses, or to be the next, uh, Joseph, or to be the next Obama, or to be the next Colin Powell, or, uh, Condoleezza Rice. You know what I'm saying? We just don't know.