THE HARD WAY

It is human nature that when we see someone struggling in life that we try to help them out if it is in our power to do so. Even though by involving ourselves into someone else's struggles that it is more than likely that our  emotional involvement will add stress to our own lifestyle because you can't get involved in someone else's issues without empathising with their current situation. Our intentions may be honourable, but that doesn't mean that the ones that we are trying to advise see our words for what they are, guidance to what could possibly be a better alternative. To those that we are trying to advise all they see is us telling them what to do as if we are announcing that we can do better than them and that they are failing at their attempts to tackle life's problems. This blind assumption leads them to disregard any of your advice and tarnishes any valid points that you are making. Their emotional state heightens their built-up frustrations, which directs them to disregard any of your opinions and results in them doing the opposite to whatever you have suggested. Avoiding your suggestions puts them on the same path that they have always found themselves on, better known as the hard way. It takes a high level of maturity to separate the advice given from the person who is giving it, this is because people stop listening to the words when they are tied to an authority figure. The prejudice that is placed on the who is giving the advice will only affect the one who needs another perspective. So if you want a different story to the one you keep on repeating then flip the page to a path that isn't so predictable and allow yourself to listen before you make any harsh judgements that could remove any good advice from your life.