Guidance

Photo by: Mr. Dickie

Frostburg, MD

Until today, you may have found it easier to provide others with guidance in their time of need than to help yourself. You may not have realized how truly wise you are. Just for today, listen to and heed your own advice. Anything you can tell anyone else probably applies to you too!
(Iyanla Vanzant, Until Today! 20 January)
22 January 2016

They Won't Let Me

They won't let me

Life is depending on you to shine.

Life is waiting for you to bloom.

Life is waiting for you to glorify it.

Please don't let life down.

Be sure not to allow other people to should on you.

Folks are always so ready to let you know what you should be or should not be doing, they get very little done in their own lives.

If your mother, father, sister, brother, friend is so sure of what you should be doing, let them do it.

Remember, good advice is not always free.

You pay dearly for it with little pieces of your life and yourself.

It may be challenging to move beyond the expectations and demands others have of or for you, but remember a good challenge strengthens your muscles.

Please  do not should on me!

(Iyanla Vanzant, Faith In The Valley, p. 151)

30 December 2015

Listen

I intend to listen to my own thoughts concerning my life. I'll be receptive to advice, but I'll do what my conscience dictates, even if I incur disapproval.
(Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, Inspiration, p. 76)
13 October 2015

Listening and Feedback

Listening attentively and offering feedback enables us to explore options and possible courses of action. This can strengthen one's ability to make healthy choices that provide good results. Feedback, however must not be confused with unsolicited advice.
(The Twelve Steps For Christians, p. 10)
5 October 2014

Take My Advice

One source of frustration we seldom recognize is in expecting too much of others, or expecting too specifically what we feel they ought to be, say, give or do.
(One Day At A Time In Al-Anon, 4 August)
27 January 2014

Trouble

2013 Orchid Show at Beltsville, MD - photo by Mr. Dickie

Advice columnist Ann Landers put it this way, "If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity, it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold your head high, look it squarely in the eye and say, 'I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.'"
(The Christophers, Three Minutes A Day, Vol. 44, 29 October)

Take Precautions

Take precautions not to do or say anything that could convince you that this is a permanent state of being. (Iyanla Vanzant, Until Today! 29 April)

Cynicism arises from fear, a sense of powerlessness, and a desire to be in control. (Craig Nakken, Finding Your Moral Compass, p. 82)

... it is safer to hear and accept advice than to give it. (Thomas 'A Kempis, The Imitation Of Christ, Book 1, Chapter 9, p. 38)

... walk away from yourself - let go of yourself - and you will enjoy great inner peace.  (Thomas 'A Kempis, The Imitation Of Christ, Book 3, Chapter 37, p. 129)
23 May 2012

Sound Advice

When you end up in trouble because you did not listen to sound advice, the last thing you want to hear is somebody saying, "I told you so!" (Warren W. Wiersbe, Chapter-By-Chapter Bible Commentary, p. 482) 8 Jul 2011

Good Advice

Discard the unsightly. Value the good. Clean the dirty. Tend the true. Bring in the fresh. Make room for a guest. (Evelyn Bence, Daily Guideposts - 2008, 25 July) 10/Aug/2010 7:31