Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Journal #12: Advice

"Study hard. ", "Listen to others.", "Don't be sensitive too much.", "Find your own way ", "Be slow and steady"... I cannot remember how many times I have ever been given advice. I also cannot recall clearly whether I paid attention to the advice. Nonetheless, I believe many people around me have influenced my life by giving me useful advice and seeking my advice.

"Don't give up your dream. However, if the dream is not good for your soul, change your dream!" One day, one of my friends sought my advice. He was struggling with his study at that time, so he was considering changing his major. When he asked me about my opinion, I could not tell any words immediately because it's not easy for every body to compromise dream with reality. After thinking deeply, I gave that advice to him. At last, he followed with my advice, and he changed his dream. Fortunately, he reached his new dream, which made me very happy.

From "Hi!" to "See you!" I think the best advice for me is people themselves. When I talk with my family, teachers, friends, and strangers, I learn a lot of things from daily conversation. In other words, the interaction with them gives me wise advice every day. Their feeling, talking, acting, and responsing convey important messages to me. Sometimes they give me advice directly, yet the existence of them is meaningful advice. Especially in the U.S., I regard the various people on campus as great advisers.

"I really appreciate your advice." I would like to tell this to my friends. If I do one day, please don't say "What? I didn't give you any advice, Sunny. Are you OK?"

Tonny, Mai, Kurt, Ryoko, Kachina, and Elaine

2 comments:

Ryoko said...

Your opinion is so deep. I agree with you. However, I think you give me a lot of inputs and you always express your opinion honestly.I appreciate you sunny.

Kurt said...

I also want to learn things in daily life but I am kind of numb person, so I hope I can be like you some day.