Anyone who wants to teach you something deserves your respect and attention
He who does not listen to advice does not grow old, so says that old adage well known throughout the world. What was its origin? We don’t know, but this is really what matters least. The truth is that there is no truer phrase than this. So it is necessary to appreciate not only the advice and the teaching that comes to us but also the person who teaches and advises us. And how do we show this appreciation? Easy, by giving him our attention and our deepest respect.
Value those who want to put wisdom in your hands
In life you will have many things, and you will be surrounded by many people but not all of them will be of the same value to you. Some things or people will be more significant than others, and only you will be in charge of distributing this value according to the qualities that each thing or person has or the benefits they provide. And what better benefit could you get from something or someone than pure wisdom?
We’ll never be full enough to learn new things. Our minds and our souls, have an unlimited space where advice and all kinds of information and wisdom can be comfortably stored to make us better human beings. Wisdom must be appreciated, but even more so the source of it, for later on it can help us to understand greater mysteries that we do not contemplate now.
To you, grandparents, parents, siblings and friends will come wanting to guide you, rebuke you and redirect you, and it is very likely that your pride will lead you to stop them and force them to shut up. Avoid this, because although it is true that we all hate being told what to do and how to do things, the reality is that we know very little about what we do.
We let ourselves be carried away by emotions, feelings and impulses, and at a certain point, we feel that we are doing the right thing. But in our own judgment it is very difficult to grasp when we are making a bad decision. Something that turns out to be easier for those who look at us from the outside.
Haven’t you noticed that it’s easier to give advice to others than to give advice to ourselves? This is because the angle we use to look at a problem from outside ourselves is very different from the angle we use to look at a problem from inside ourselves. When someone gives you advice, don’t judge them, don’t reproach them, and don’t hold it against them that they have no morals to tell you anything. Just listen to him, because God may use him to guide you or to give you very important advice.
Respect and appreciate the one who comes to you for advice. The advice may not work for you, it may be obvious to you, it may not even matter anymore, but one thing is for sure, if this person comes to you it is because he or she cares about you and wants to give you the best that lies within him or her, his or her deepest wisdom.