" Don't take criticism from someone you would never take advice from" Too often we let people or institutions dictate to us how we should feel or how we should think or most importantly how and what we should learn. We take their criticism to heart too much and end up letting this criticism or their so called advice influence our lives way too much. Instead of realizing the source of this criticism, we only pay attention to the words and the feelings and emotions that their words generate within us. There is a saying that states "We are the average of your five closest friends''. So if you think about it, these are the people we turn to in a time of need. We listen to them because we know that we can trust their honesty and we have the utmost trust in the relationships that we have built over the years. So this being said why would we want to seek out advice or validation from people or institutions that are not part of this group. The answer is we shouldn't, but sometimes it is hard not to when you seem to be bombarded from all sides due to the amount of social media and so called influencers. Do yourself a favor and turn off and tune out these people. We all know who has our best interests at heart and who will speak the truth to us. Ignore all the senseless noise that surrounds you and focus on the pure and clean noise that comes from the people that love you the most. They have the one thing that no one else has for you, that is their unconditional love for you.

Thanks and as always your comments and thoughts are always welcome.