Everything in life comes with a price tag. Some price tags, like in a designer label store, prick the eyes like pebbles, while others, the slyly hidden ones, can be rather baffling. Are you wondering what I am trying to get at?

Ok! So here it is. You may debate that things like sweet gestures, kind words and good advice don’t come with a hefty price tag. In fact, they are just what you need in rough times. I back that opinion cent percent. Whenever someone smiles at you without reason, pays you a compliment or wishes you good morning on a dull Monday morning, you can’t help but fall in love with humanity. But have you found yourself, or rather been stuck in a situation where someone’s offering you “good” advice like it’s getting out of style, and you are wondering ‘gee, I don’t remember asking you!’

Sometimes I really wonder, since preachy people have a whole lot to say about how others should be leading their lives, are they actually interested in telling you the right thing to do, or simply spreading “gyan” to make themselves feel better? Are you sure about leading a wholesome, fulfilling and meaningful life that you are freely spreading your wisdom unasked? Or somewhere you have doubts identifying delusion from reality, and since directing it outside is way easier than looking inside, you prefer to get preachy.

Some advices, or even compliments for that matter, are offered or given in extremely unkind and snide way. “You look so pretty in this picture; your daughter is hardly visible next to you.” “I love your dress; it’s a smart attire to hide your paunch.” Now I am not nuts; I have actually witnessed these interactions, and from whatever I saw on the face of the people receiving these so-called compliments, I could totally tell that they were far from amused.

There are lots of people out there, who are genuinely trying to help others lead a more fulfilling life. The intent of these individuals is to actually help people reach their full potential and guide them. So, dear advice givers, please remember that there are professionals out there who have dedicated their entire life to helping others. So kindly keep your one-of-a-kind advice to yourself. Unless, exclusively asked for…

They say the first step towards consciousness is to detect your own blindness and accept the deluded space you have been living in for years. Only then, you may be in a position to extend a helping hand to others.

Everybody has a unique journey and we all have the right to explore our life and do things, which are meaningful to us. And by chance, if someone else does not find meaning in what we are doing, then we immediately become upset because of the lack of validation from the other end.

Resentment, jealousy, bitterness, competitiveness, and many other evils are stored inside all of us. Then how are we so conveniently telling others what to do? How will you react if an obese person tells you to shed kilos, or an unemployed individual gives you advice about the importance of work? According to the theory of Karma, it takes an individual several births to see some light. Then, why behave like you are brand new and still enlightened?