Are you a KNOW-It-ALL?

"Be a student. Stay open and willing to learn from everyone and anyone. Being a student means you have room for new input. When you are green you grow, when you are ripe you rot. By staying green you will avoid the curse of being an expert. When you know in your heart that every single person you encounter in your lifetime has something to teach you, you are able to utilize their offerings in a profound way".
-- Dr Wayne W Dyer

Have you ever met someone who thinks they just know EVERYTHING?!! You cant tell them anything because they just have all the answers. Even when nobody is asking any questions.

I call these folks "Porcupines", because they have a lot of strong points, and nobody wants to be around them. They give advice when not asked, tell you how you should run your family, life, finances, and business, and they don't even have a successful life themselves. They talk about alot of nothing. I know a few of these people, and stay as far away from them as possible. Not that they arent really good people, and I'm sure they have the best intentions...but in order to be able to instruct others, you need to be a 'LIVING' testimony of the effects of your teachings. So live your life, and allow others to see the fruits. Then, when people ask you about how you are doing this or that, be ready to tell them with love, humility and guidance. You will reach more people this way, rather than a spirit of shame and manipulation. Even God doesn't try to to force His ways or methods on us. So before you run around giving people advice: try to ask yourself: is this working for me? Did they ask for this advice? and...will God be honored through what I am about to say? And before you are even in a position to lead, guide, and instruct others...get all the knowledge that you can on the subject. Read, learn, grow. Whether you are 18 or 80, you can always learn how to do things better than you do them.

So, if you find that people avoid your calls, never seem to want to be around you, and generally dont respond positively to your 'wisdom'..maybe it's not that they are 'haters'...sorry to tell you: maybe YOU are a porcupine!!  Moral  of this story?  Learn when to speak..and when to just be silent and listen!!

I say this in L-O-V-E!! ;)