Kerese Collins was young and still unmarried when older women in her church sought her advice on marital issues, which she freely gave based mostly on her observations. She did not realise at the time that she would later become a marriage and couples’ counsellor, but she knew that her ultimate dream was to one day have a family of her own.
“I think that wisdom does not just come from experience, but wisdom also comes from observation. I have always said to people that I don’t have to jump into a pool of hot water to know that it is going to burn me. I have been a student of marriage and a student of people for as long as I could remember, so I have observed a lot of things,” Collins said of her journey to where she is today.
She acknowledged, however, there are different levels of understanding that come when a person is actually married, which she is now. But she has gleaned wisdom from observing others, listening to their stories and from her studies.