Saturday, September 03, 2016

Walk A Mile In Someone Else's Shoes

I've been irritated by something for a while and it's only after I've talked it out that I realise why. Then I found a few quotes that actually helped put everything in place.

It was actually about some things that transpired between two people with very different views of the world. One giving a whole load of advice and suggestions, albeit uncalled for. "Advice and suggestions" that would be considered rather narrow-minded, self-serving and sometimes rude, if considered by anyone of the listener's position/status.

It was after talking to some people that I realised why I was irritated by the "advice and suggestions" - the giver has never even come close to walking in the listener's shoes, yet to have to audacity to "give suggestions" as to how someone else should do something like they have had years of experience.

"INSULTING OTHERS IS NEVER A WAY OF CORRECTING THEM. 
INSTEAD IT CAUSES MORE DAMAGE 
& PROVES THAT WE NEED HELP OURSELVES." 
- MUFTI ISMAIL MENK

Now the only question is if I should tell the listener the following quote:

"DON'T BASE YOUR DECISIONS ON THE ADVICE OF THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE RESULTS."

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