“Get all the advice and instruction you can,
so you will be wise the rest of your life.” Proverbs 19:20
When someone holds out a tin of breath mints to you... what’s the first thing that comes to mind? If you’re like most people, you think... “Is my breath that bad?” In the book, Life’s Little Instruction Book author H. Jackson Brown Jr. says this: “If someone offers you a breath mint, accept it.” But why? Why is this such good advice?
Because often we don’t realize what we need. Sometimes we don’t see things as they are, but as we think they should be. That’s why Proverbs 19:20 is so important. It tells us to listen to advice and instruction... because if we do, we’ll become wise. Surround yourself with people you trust and hear them out (even if you disagree at first). You’ll find yourself making fewer mistakes (and have much better breath in the process).
