The best advice to give anyone especially my teenage self is ‘JUST Listen’ . I am sure I had been given advice from those older than me quite often, but I chose not to adhere. Oh, how I wish I had listened. The word listen means to take notice. So, while I may have heard what others said, I did not listen. This is the downfall of so many.
At 15 and upwards, we think we know everything. Why this is remains a mystery to some. Teenagers act on feelings and feelings are fickle. They shift like the wind. One minute telling you one thing and the next something entirely different. With hormones going ballistic, I’m surprised many reach adulthood. Teenagers cannot differentiate what is real and what is simply a fleeting feeling so they act on feelings and do so quite quickly.
As an adult now giving advice to my teenage self, I would try and explain this theory to her, then tell her ‘please listen to those older than you’. If possible I would show her a film of before and after the decisions she makes affecting her later. But, I doubt even this would matter because she does not understand that feelings change and cannot be counted on to produce success. All she knows is how she feels and her actions show this time and time again. Ah, the rollercoaster ride of adolescence. Time will only show her how true this is.
Some feelings I acted on as a teenager still haunt me today, but time moves on and I shake my head wistfully. How I wish I had just listened.
When God Speaks 
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