September 27, 2008

advice & flattery

some people give the dumbest advice
they don't think before they give it
i just want to laugh, you haven't
even thought it through, and
you are trying to help me?

some people give advice because it makes
them feel important, it makes them
above and beyond! a level four
in a system that is just
a vicious cycle

some people can't take advice, because they
always need to be right, always need
to be "strong" which is the big
-gest weakness of all

i've definately been all of some people

and i realize now, taking advice is the best
and biggest thing sometimes of all evers!
a person is giving a part of themselves,
and you can tell if they are genuine or not
and you can discern within yourself,
which one you should listen to and not
but this only happens when you don't care
about your pride anymore, and in humility
realize you are no better than any of those

give me advice!
just be honest!
it will hurt, it will heal,
but in the end,
hey, it's better.

i HATE flattering lies:
i WANT to know if i am this or that,
flattery helps NO ONE but the devil...
truth & Truth is everything,
almost and twice over.

i want the TRUTH:
is my sinigng good or not?
this is important to me.

+ but give advice only out of love,
and best when asked, because then
the other person is ready to take it.
there are exceptions everywhere.
listen and know and pray before after during,
judging is the worst advice.

4 comments:

Evangel said...

wow i actually understood this good job

Claire Lawrence said...

I can totally empathize. I'm all for the truth, hurtful or not.

Anonymous said...

Sometimes the reason people give advice without thinking it through, is because they don't know what to say. So they just say what they think on the spot so the conversation doesn't die or make it feel like they don't care for not saying anything back. Although the advice may not be constructive.. hey, they're trying to help.

Close friends, may not have the best advice. Sometimes they just need to be there to listen. Which circles back to the name of your blog.

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rach said...

advice are really strange, we give advice that we kind of need ourselves ? and like flattery just sometimes sucks when you know its to fill in the silence.