PSY 571: Advice

At some point in life, you needed it.

The different perspective, the input, the suggestion, the advice.

To guide you, lead you, and possibly take you to where you need to go.

It was helpful, useful, and it was exactly what you needed.

It was the light at the end of the tunnel, the message from a higher power, the solution to all your problems.

It was given and you received it, you took it and made it work for you.

This is the good advice.

At some point in life, you rejected it.

It was foolish, biased, and it wasn’t what you needed, or more accurately, it wasn’t what you wanted.

It wasn’t helping the situation, and you didn’t need to hear it.

What’s more, you did not ask for it.

You heard it, but you left it as it was.

This is the ignored advice.

At some point in life, you took it.

The advice that seemed to brighten up your journey, the one that put on a façade of goodness.

You thought you found the way, the perfect answer to your situation.

 You trusted the one who gave you this little piece of “knowledge”, you thought nothing could go wrong.

You were weak, and lost, and it seemed like the perfect thing to do.

It’s too late now, you look back and you realize that really wasn’t what you intended to do.

You took it, but you regretted it.

This is the bad advice.

At some point in life, you realize the best advice comes from knowing what you really want.

The best advice comes in the form of genuine care and concern and an understanding of you, your needs, and your wants.

The best advice comes from the one that possesses no hidden agenda.

The best advice comes from you.