{"id":296,"date":"2014-08-09T16:43:51","date_gmt":"2014-08-10T01:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=296"},"modified":"2014-08-09T16:43:51","modified_gmt":"2014-08-10T01:43:51","slug":"august-9-asking-for-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=296","title":{"rendered":"August 9 &#8211; Asking for Advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shariff\" data-title=\"August 9 &#8211; Asking for Advice\" data-info-url=\"http:\/\/ct.de\/-2467514\" data-backend-url=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/plugins\/shariff-sharing\/backend\/index.php\" data-temp=\"\/tmp\" data-ttl=\"60\" data-service=\"gftr\" data-services='[\"googleplus\",\"facebook\",\"twitter\",\"reddit\",\"info\"]' data-image=\"\" data-url=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=296\" data-lang=\"en\" data-theme=\"colored\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\"><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/advice-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-298\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/advice-1.jpg\" alt=\"advice 1\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/advice-1.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/advice-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today I was asked for my advice on a pastoral care matter. \u00a0I am always willing to converse with people so being asked the question did not seem unusual. \u00a0After the conversation was over I reflected on the words used by the person who called me. \u00a0The words were: experience, trust, and respect.<\/p>\n<p>When someone sees you as a person who has these qualities it says a lot about the impression you have made on them. \u00a0When I think about the people I go to for advice I can see myself using the same words that I heard in the conversation today.<\/p>\n<p>As I reflect on the practice of asking for advice I see it as a way that we can test our inclinations and seek either confirmation we are headed in the right direction or discover alternative ways to handle a specific situation.<\/p>\n<p>In summary I see asking for advice as a <strong>STRENGTH<\/strong> because you are seeking to be the best that you can be in the situation. \u00a0I invite you to share your experiences or thoughts on asking advice.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I was asked for my advice on a pastoral care matter. \u00a0I am always willing to converse with people so being asked the question did not seem unusual. \u00a0After the conversation was over I reflected on the words used by the person who called me. \u00a0The words were: experience, trust, and respect. When someone &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=296\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">August 9 &#8211; Asking for Advice<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=296"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":299,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296\/revisions\/299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}