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Expert: David Gross - 9/10/2008
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QUESTION: I have a problem defining trouble. How do I know if someone give me a hard time? What factors allow me to know? Sometimes one might think that if they are doing bad to you, they actually might do good to you. How do you know if someone is giving you trouble?
ANSWER: This may not be very helpful because I don't really understand your question. What is trouble?
I look on the positive and don't take things personally or in other words I am not easily offended.
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QUESTION: People probably have a hard time distinquishing good from bad. How do I know if someone give me advice vices one that don't give me advice?
Answer
I think that most people can tell the difference between good and bad or at least what good and bad appear to be from their own philosophical point of view. I use the commandments from God as the standard to determine if something is good or bad. I don't think that you can be sure if someone is giving you good advice or bad advice. It comes from experience, trial and error or practice. The advice could be good but you might not implement it correctly. Life is not fair and sometimes you might not know whether the advice is good or bad for many years.
My wife and I married at age 19, many people would have advised against it, we are still married after 30 years and there has not been one day that I have regretted the decision. We have seven children and some people advised us to not have so many children but we did it anyway and have not regretted it.
Evaluate the advice but you have to decide what is best for you. It can be useful if you have faith in God to help you make decisions.
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