Hey peijin, i like the analogy that your sister gave. Wisdom is from God. Proverbs 2:6 For the Lord gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding. Truly when the curtain is unveiled, what you see and receive comes from God.

But there's something about that analogy which i disagree with. Your sister mentioned, "you only attain wisdom when God choose to unveil the curtain and let you see whats beyond it." Does it mean that it's only when God chooses to give you wisdom that you receive it? Does it then mean that we should just wait and hope that one day God will decide that it's time to unveil the curtain so that we can receive wisdom? And even right now i just decided that my usage of the phrase "receive wisdom" is wrong. Yes! Wisdom is not received, it is obtained.

Proverbs 2:1-5 says, My son, if you receive my words, And treasure my commands within you, So that you incline your ear to wisdom, And apply your heart to understanding; Yes, if you cry out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding, If you seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures; Then you will understand the fear of the Lord, And find the knowledge of God.

There has to be a certain crying out and a lifting up of your voice. There has to be a seeking and a search from you. Yes! The unveiling of the curtain has to be done by someone. But that someone is not God. It's you!

So can i make some tweaks to your sister's analogy? Perhaps it would be better to say,

You will attain wisdom when you choose to step up and unveil the curtain, and see the treasures that God has stored up for you behind it.

And so now we ask, what are the practical steps we must take to "unveil the curtains"? Maybe we can start by understanding what is written, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." Anyone wish to provide their views?