Advice is like snow- the softer it falls the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
I was looking for a quote so I could complete a quick entry today (company coming in a few hours and I need to freshen up this place a bit). I seen the author before I seen the quote and jumped to put it down. Sammy boy was the poet I most gravitated to and did papers on in my English Lit classes. Once again, I had to put down and analyse his words.
Of course, I always taught students in my Communication classes at the college to be very, very careful with unsolicited advice. ...to avoid it unless they were directly asked for it...and then to deliver it softly. Advice that comes out harshly tainted with judgement and conviction on the other person's part will be grating. It will not be received well.
Softer, with the least amount of effort and force is the best way to approach naything, isn't it?
All is well.
