Advice is a Dangerous Gift...
..even from the wise to the wise." Gildor dixit.
This sentence is the other side of an "I told you so."
Even if the Tolkien-shaped muse left the building, I still find instances in which I'm reminded of his works, and famous quotes find different meaning as time goes by. As my mom likes to say: "you're not the same person that read that book at 20, 30, 40 or 50" and she's right.
While I've never been a great fan of saying "told you so", I've now come to equate those words to failure. My failure to communicate my understanding of things. For someone who has made a life out of coaching, advising and helping other people doing things right, being in the position of telling someone "told you so" is the biggest fail, a great downer. And so that's why I'm not fond of giving advice aymore, and also why I ended up really, actually understanding Gildor's meaning at a bone-deep level.
It's good to know that Tolkien still has new meaning after all those readings.
This sentence is the other side of an "I told you so."
Even if the Tolkien-shaped muse left the building, I still find instances in which I'm reminded of his works, and famous quotes find different meaning as time goes by. As my mom likes to say: "you're not the same person that read that book at 20, 30, 40 or 50" and she's right.
While I've never been a great fan of saying "told you so", I've now come to equate those words to failure. My failure to communicate my understanding of things. For someone who has made a life out of coaching, advising and helping other people doing things right, being in the position of telling someone "told you so" is the biggest fail, a great downer. And so that's why I'm not fond of giving advice aymore, and also why I ended up really, actually understanding Gildor's meaning at a bone-deep level.
It's good to know that Tolkien still has new meaning after all those readings.