If someone were to ask if I wanted to be wise or unwise I would instantly know the answer. I want to be wise. Yet when I hear good advice, too often I don't take it.

I think one of the main ingredients to listening to others is not being prideful. We take so much pride in ourselves that we assume we know best. If we could stop thinking we were the best, we might be able to listen to the advice of others.

We might hear how they have been where we are and survived. We might hear how they know a better way out of a frustrating situation. We might even hear some ways to experience God that we never knew before.

Let go of your pride so that the people who surround you might be able to speak words you will listen to.

by Andrew Noe from d365.org