Practical Philosophy

What is philosophy?
It means simply love of wisdom, nothing more nothing less. Where wisdom can be anything so we have so many schools of thought. These are all well and good, but the fact is usually people view those who talk philosophy as out of sync with reality and life. This is partly true and partly false. These guys are viewed as arm chair theoritician. The point being philosophy is something which is supposed to help people lead there lives better. The example philosophers like Tao etc had an impact on the people of their times so much that most of them tried his teaching to some extent or another. So basically philosophy is supposed to help people lead a better life. That point is missed by most of the students of philosophy.
Pardon if there are errors.