Air is polluted with advice.

We are surrounded by advice

So much so that we can’t dodge it

We are saturated with advice

So much that we can’t doll it out.

We are smothered with homilies,

Platitudes, pontifications

Lectures, sermons, and suggestions,

Not to say books and media.

Parents advise; teachers advise.

Doctors advise; lawyers advise.

Neigbours advise; vendors advise.

So do Gurus and instructors.

Each one climbs upon a soapbox

And deliver what he’s cooked up

So as to put oneself on a level

Above those whom one addresses.

Advice would gather real value

Only when it is sought or bought.

Fearing advice, I stopped telling

Anyone about my stresses.

25.11.2016