Advice is easier to give

than it is to receive.

That’s my first clue

that I’m not trying to connect.

I’m trying to solve.

I want to be useful.

I want to be helpful.

Useful isn’t always helpful.

Advice isn’t always aligned.

Advice is intent

based on my preference.

What is helpful is reference.

Something for you to see yourself in.

To align with.

To measure against.

Reference doesn’t provide an answer.

It helps determine what is here.

Advice is to the point.

Reference is something to point to.

Advice is a suggestion.

Reference is a question.

I use reference to notice.

Notice where clarity sharpens preference.

Where alignment starts.

Or stops.

Treat what you find here as reference.

You can trust your attention.

Help it uncover your intention.

Not mine.