Comments on: Advice for the child I was

By: D. Glen

D. Glen — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:46:16 +0000

Good advice. I wish I had known many of the same things back in the “mid 60s.” I think your advice about taking risks is important. I have tended to be risk-averse. Maybe that is why I became a lawyer. Looking back, I sometimes wish I had taken greater risks while I was younger and didn’t have as many responsibilities. These days, with my family responsibilities, I don’t have the luxury of taking risks. If I take risks, I am risking not only myself, but my whole family.

By: Margaret

Margaret — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:34:23 +0000

I think you were about 4yrs old as I was about 8-10 with associated pictures.

By: hazelblackberry

hazelblackberry — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:57:38 +0000

I’d go back to the past and give myself some realky specific advice like, “Save your pocket money and get Dad to invest in some Microsoft and Nokia shares. I know it makes no sense now but trust me on this one!”

The problem is you go back in time and just like in the movies, or as practiced by psychic frauds, you get all this generic feel-good advice: “Everything is going to be okay.”

But forget going back, my 39 year old self would like me from the future to appear with some very specific advice and reassurance. That would be nice. of course, once I tried to blog about it I’d find myself in Graylands under heavy sedation. Which, when I think about it, could be just the ticket…

By: Dave Q

Dave Q — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:00:03 +0000

That is an interesting thought Rodney. I guess I would give myself four pieces of advice.

1. Listen to those people in your early teens who told you about Christ

2. Wait for the right girl. She is coming.

3. That God will use your illness to shape your life in a positive way and others will come to Christ as a result.

4. God has an amazing plan for your life. Trust Him and live it out.

Hopefully I would have listened!