אות - רנד

It is easier to give counsel to another than to oneself. For when a person himself needs advice it is very difficult for him. For at first he thinks thoughts and has many arguments and proofs that he must act and conduct himself in this way. And afterward when this path has been decided in his mind, in the midst of this another thought arises that overturns the entire path of the first counsel and conduct he had in mind. And he has many proofs and arguments to the exact opposite. Fortunate is one who merits complete and correct counsel from Hashem Yisburach — in a manner that he does not lose his world in vain, Heaven forbid.