Wise or Foolish

DEVOTION
PROVERBS
WISE OR FOOLISH
Prov 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.
NIV
Well now, I actually am getting to the opposed verses or proverbs themselves. What is the difference between a father and a mother? Why if I were wise would I only bring joy to my father and if I were foolish would I only grief my mother? Are these my earthy parents or does this apply to my relationship to my Lord and Savior who is both my Father and Mother? I would surely think that if I lived in a wise manner it would please my heavenly Father. After spending the first nine chapters I can say with certainty it had nothing to do with making wise decisions about the things of this world, but rather being wise in the ways of God. So if I make my life choices based on pleasing God that would be a wise thing and it surely would bring joy to HIm. If I were to behave in accordance to his plan that would be wise and thus bring joy to Him as well. But on the other hand if I made foolish choices, such as not paying attention to his commands, that would grief him. I think if I choose to live according to my own plan that would bring grief to him as well. The choice is mine. Although He has sent the Holy Spirit to influence my heart, I still have the ultimate choice to listen or not. I still am able to make bad decisions regarding my relationship with God. I still can behave badly, speak inappropriately, respond humanly and disappoint my Lord and Savior. Even with the Spirit there to help me, I can choice to ignore the help and I believe that surely would bring grief to God for I would certainly be foolish. I wonder if this applies to all the times I simply fail, or does this refer to a brazen disregard to his influence. Surely my humanity gets in the way of being wise at times, but is that an excuse? If it is a choice than I think the excuse is not valid, but if it is simply due to being imperfect because of the human condition maybe it is more a reason rather than an excuse. God surely forgives reasons but does he forgive excuses? Because he is God, I would have to believe because he said so, he forgives period, except of course if I were to completely turn my back and disown him, which of course I am not about to do. So back to wise or foolish, which shall it be? Although I think I am foolish at times, I make a conscience decision to be wise.