# Advice

Advice#4 “When ‘Friends’ are Enemies…”

Every time you are tempted to violate your conscience, the devil tells you exactly the same thing he told Eve in the beginning: “Don’t worry, this won’t kill you!”The devil is always, (yes always), speaking bad advice into your life.Who better for him to use than our nearest and dearest?This is when your ‘friends’ can become your enemies. “Be not deceived, bad company corrupts good morals” (1Cor.15:33).How many of us look back and wished that we had heeded this advice…

Advice#3 “Friends…”Nothing seems to feel better than a good friendship,

…and nothing seems to feel worse than one that has gone bad. Friendships are founded on love, respect and trust. Built on that is a mutually constructed framework of experiences. We enjoy the good and endure the bad. When dumb things are said or done, and feelings are hurt, we fix it and we continue to build. Sometimes we forget that it is by nature a process of trial and error.In my youth my friends were my First-Responders to my…

Advice#2 “Talking with Strangers…”

Sixteen-year-old Benjamin Franklin wanted to write for his brother’s newspaper. Though forbidden to do so, he was undeterred. He simply submitted a column under a made-up name and in it he gave everyday advice as if he were a wise older lady. The advice column proved to be popular. It even excited the interest of eligible bachelors who made marriage proposals sight unseen. Given how famous Benjamin Franklin became, it probably didn’t matter that his brother fired him when his…

Advice#1. “Be careful little ears what you Hear!”“

One day you are going to have kids who act just like you. Then you’ll know what its like!”Whether my mother ever said these words or not, I cannot say with certainty. But even if she didn’t say them out loud, I saw her think them. Her message was plain: ‘If you don’t listen, you will just repeat, and pass on, your silly ways.’Was her advice heeded? Suffice it to say that her ‘prophecy’ was fulfilled in more ways than…