James W. Inspirational Thoughts

Have you ever had someone try to give you healthy advice, but didn't know how to give healthy advice? For example, some people will give you advice (without) an option. That's not good advice, because life itself ALWAYS gives us an option. You can't help someone using close ended techniques, as if to say its this way or no way. Healthy advice is advice that has options, allowing that person to pick and choose the direction they want to go in. Advice without an option is like backing a person into a corner without an outlet, forcefully coercing them into your way of thinking, and that's not good.

If a person says something mean to you, only to turn around and proclaim to not mean any harm by it, how can you not take those words serious? Sure, anyone can reverse course and say it was only meant in humor, but even in humor, hidden messages can be decoded to find what your heart truly meant. That's why its always important to be careful in the words you speak, and be quick to listen, because once those words are spoken, you cannot take them back, as your heart is genuine in the words you speak despite its intentions.

If you aren't willing to share the (full) story about who you are as a person, don't share all the great things about yourself in efforts to elevate yourself above the average person? So many people want to boast and brag about their lives, yet aren't willing to share the things that might make people judge them. Now unless you're being a testimony to someone in need, why not just keep your fairy tale stories to yourself? Our private lives aren't for public consumption. And besides, God totally despises of people that boast and brag, its against his beliefs, and we should honor that with respect. Because one thing is certain, we all have skeletons in our closets, as we've all done and thought things we absolutely want nobody to know, and you know it.