You have to love your friends and family. After all they love YOU!
No matter where you are or what you are doing well-meaning family and friends are full of advice, and will offer it whether you need it or not. They are trying to look out after your well being in most cases. The biggest problem with this is; there are so many of them!
When I am already confused and unsure too much, or even sometimes "any", advice just compounds my confusion. And some of the suggestions are, let's face it, totally and complete useless!
The trick here is to simply use what you need and ignore what you don't. Don't take it personal, none of the advice and opinions expressed are aimed at hurting your feelings, although it sometimes does. Take it in the spirit given.
It is easy for those not currently walking in your circumstances to clearly see the answers, they think. They will say, "Well if I were you I would do this or that". Are they sure?
I am a "heart" person not a "head" person. Therefore if a "head" person is giving me advice I will seldom understand their way of thinking. And on the same hand they don't have a clue what I'm feeling. But...they love me and want to help.
The whole point here is to allow people to offer what they consider sound advice. Know in you heart that they are only trying to help. Even if it's far out in left field they feel they have shown you how much they care and understand. And sometimes they actually have given you some little tidbit that hits a chord. Some little glimmer of hope to keep you going forward in you journey.
I love my family and friends and wouldn't be where I am today if I didn't have them in my corner rooting me on. I am glad I had a wonderful pastor in my life that gave me the sound advice to eat the meat and spit out the bones. Thank you Pastor Dennis Kingsland for the best advice I ever received.
Life is good! Keep on living it!
