There’s a lot to be said for the law of attraction when it comes to asking for advice. If I want what you have – I might be willing to do what you did – to get what you got.
What if the advice I get is smart, logical, makes total sense, but feels wrong for me? Sometimes advice rankles. It’s not wrong – but it’s not exactly right either. Getting advice from a place of love and support broadens my perspective; shines a light on the rocks in the road that my rose-colored glasses skim. If I’m going to dive off a cliff, let my eyes be wide open.
Could smart, logical advice feel wrong because what I truly want is risky, crazy, shocking; completely off the beaten path? When do I listen and embrace your advice? When do I listen then ignore it?
The outrageous, weird and unconventional appeal to me; I feel checked by the straight and narrow. This isn’t obvious from my behavior the past 10-15 years. What am I doing different? Am I holding back? Do I have more to lose? Am I getting cautious, conservative; conformist? What constrains me; constrains my dreams?
Do I have the courage to ignore good, solid, loving advice? If I do, am I willing to face the consequences?
Take 
me back to a favorite anthem – “Don’t Rain On My Parade” from Funny Girl.
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I know what it feels like to fall on my ass. It hurts – there are consequences to the choices I make. But my worst fear (me = toothless bag lady) – not likely. So Bring It. Bring me the amplitude of 11, on the scale of 1-10!
Mermaid Parade (Coney Island – 2012)
“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.” ― Henry David Thoreau
