If you have to say it, say it!
But please consider how you say it. I found that in a materialistic world many people are very insecure. Therefore they are easily offended.
In fact I could be easily offended by people being offended by what I say.
I try to not give advice to people who don’t want it. In the past I have been heavily accused, abused, put down for simply trying to help someone. My view these days is to only offer advice to those who want to hear it.
If I know that something is wrong then sometimes I speak out, sometimes I dont. I try to see things from the others point of view before I say anything (especially for politics and religion), and I try to correct with encouragement, not with authority.
I know that some simple insecurities and fears could drive a person away, so I try to look at their life, think as they do according to their life and past, and then try to understand what will offend them and then do the opposite.
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It takes lots of practice and still I get things wrong, but being considerate goes a long way.
So I try.
All the best from James Martin Sandbrook.
Friday, 15 July 2016, 9:33:24 AM.