Has someone ever pumped you up to talk down to or hurt someone else? Have you ever pumped someone up to do the same thing?
Have you ever considered that someone was trying to get you to do their dirty work? Or that you were trying to get someone else to do your dirty work?
Never let people suck you into their misery and don’t suck people into your misery. Make them do their own dirty work and you do your own dirty work.
As soon as someone starts saying; if I were you, please stop them and recognize what they are trying to do. Now if you ask them for their opinion then ok, but if they just start to offer their opinion; know that they don’t have your best interest at heart.
Be blessed and continue to be a blessing.