Life is filled with so many unanswered questions. Finding the right answers isn’t always a simple matter.
This fact hits the hardest when facing adversity. One person loses a job. Another person sees their marriage crumble. Another person suddenly battles a serious illness. Life can knock the wind out of your sails fast and set you adrift on an endless ocean of frustration and despair.
Compassion and empathy from friends and family is treasured more than gold in those moments. What isn’t welcome is that smug soul who takes it upon themselves to “solve” your problems for you with unsolicited advice that only turns things from bad to worse. And, of course, it usually involves blaming you for your problems.
We all know this person. We all want to slam the door in their face forever.
They are the inspiration for today’s poem.
Ever notice how some people seem to possess all the answers when the questions involve you? They know everything you should say and exactly what you should do. Yet, strangely, these same people apply no discernible wisdom to fix their own lives of confusion. Making all their quick and easy solutions nothing more than a simplistic illusion.
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eBook editions of these Samak Press books are now available on Bookshop.org:
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