“This Is What You Should Do!”

“Thank goodness for my oldest sister! Without her, I would have made all the wrong decisions. She tells me what to wear, what to eat, who to associate with, how to raise my kids, and how to spend my money. I don’t know what I’d do without her.”

Actually, you might have figured all this out on your own if you hadn’t been “lucky” enough to have someone tell you how to live your life. Maybe you’d have been able to tune into your own inner guidance, follow the leanings of your own heart, and learn from your own experience.

Letting someone else tell you how to live your life is an abdication of your responsibility; you came here to learn and grow. You can’t do that if you aren’t willing to experiment, make mistakes, fail badly, do some introspection, try again, and repeat. We must be willing to take the risk of getting it wrong so that we can figure out how to get it right.

You Decide — It’s Your Life

“But everyone asks for and accepts advice! Why do I have to reinvent the wheel, learn things the hard way? I can save myself so much suffering from drawing on the wisdom of others.”