I wonder if it's just me...

Does anyone else here find it far easier to give advice than they do to receive it?

I read some of the posts I've made to other people, and I'm far from being a veteran expert around here. But sometimes I read what I say to others and I say to myself...

"Bubba..."(that's what I call myself...Bubba...) <img border="0" title="" alt="[Roll Eyes]" src="images/icons/rolleyes.gif" />

I say "Bubba, why don't you take some of your own advice once in a while?" <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />

So is it just me? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" />

Dear Uncomfortably Numb.
You 'betcha' it is easier to give advice to others than it is to take the same advice ourselves!

I think it is because we can clearly see other's problems and the solutions whereas our own problems we see differently, because they are unique and personal to our lives and we do not see them nearly as 'crystal clear' with easy answers; agree?
Love, Julie Jo <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" />

<small>[ December 24, 2003, 04:43 PM: Message edited by: Blessed TIME ]</small>

Well 'Bubba' (I like that name - <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" /> ),
it is ususally easier to see the 'straw' in another's eye than our own. But sometimes giving advice helps play it back in our minds. Especially when we have to type it out so many times - LOL!!! I know it works that way for me.

Part of my therapy was participating on this forum. I also had to realize that I was given 2 ears and only one mouth but with those 2 hands, I could really communicate - <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" /> !

I learned to give and receive and in end, I really learned a lot. It comes down to how well our ears are working. Sometimes we may need a 'hearing aid'. For me that was when a few MBers would take me aside and slap me to my senses in a very loving MB way. Straight talk helped also but it really took time before it all sank into my heart and I was able to move forward.

Each heals at their own pace. You can't rush that.

JMHO,
L.