All the days of my life,
kindly intentioned people have been giving me advice
on how to live my life.  

They are well-meaning individuals
who wish to help me live my life as they live theirs,
and I love them for it,
and their advice is just perfect for their lives--
and for what they would do if they were in my place.  

BUT
they are not in my place,
therefore their advice
is all wrong for me, and for my life.  

In fact,
it is darkness to me.

Only that inner voice can possibly guide me
in my mission in life--
and only that voice can truly guide you
to reach and fulfill your highest destiny,
be that destiny what it may.

  From the book Ye Are Gods by Annalee Skarin, 1952.