Advice

Advice can be useful to share with others when placed appropriately in the dialogue between people but it can also be a wasted moment when your listening would have better served the purpose of someone else’s path.  When we’ve been through something similar or our life has brought us to an understanding, we want to assist by sharing what we know.  The thing is, a person comes to know something when they are ready and it truly doesn’t matter what you say unless you are both in line with the words.  Receptivity comes with readiness.

Please don’t hold back from offering something you feel inclined to share with another but I want to ask you to try listening for a longer period of time than you think feels natural or normal before you offer anything.  See what happens…  I think you’ll find that others have the answers they seek inside of themselves.  Holding space for longer periods of listening helps to form a habit of self reflection that is far more useful to the process of the person in conversation with you.