"You are so courageous as long as no opposition comes your way. You can also give good advice and can encourage others with your words; but when some unexpected trouble turns up on your own doorstep, your good advice and moral support fail you." -Thomas Kempis
I think most of us are good at giving advice we do not follow. Maybe you advise friends or family members about their schedule. You tell them they work too hard and need to take a break and have some fun. We tell them that, but continue to pack our own schedules so tight we too are stressed out. I am the first to admit I am guilty of giving advice that I don't take.
As a Christian and mental health counselor, I want to help others be healthy in mind, body, and spirit. The reality is, as long as I'm just doing the talk and not walking the walk, I'm not helping anyone, least of all myself.
Jesus, help me heed the advice of Thomas Kempis so I may practice what I preach.
The Imitation of Christ, Book 3, Chapter 57 by Thomas Kempis
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