Where to get good advice

I'm listening to Nickelback's "Today was your last day" song. It talks about living today like it is your last day. Here are some of the lyrics.

Each days a gift, and not a given right.
Leave no stone unturned
leave your fears behind
and try to take the path less traveled.

If today was your last day
tomorrow was to late
could you say goodbye to yesterday?

Would you live each moment like your last?
Leave old bridges in the past?
Donate every dime you had?
If today was your last day....

So I started to think about good advice. I've heard nothing is free but free advice... and, you get what you pay for. However, someone out there must have some really good advice for our generation. I mean, we aren't exactly breaking new ground here. Today is a lot like yesterday, and the day before, and hundreds of years before. Change doesn't come from outside, it is from within our minds. Wow, that's deep! What I'm trying to say is that there's nothing new under the sun, but our perceptions of events and our environment have changed.

Probably one of the saddest verses in the Bible is "when I was a child, I spoke as a child, and thought like a child, but when I became a man I put those childish ways behind me". Or, as my grandfather said, "Growing old isn't for the feint of heart". As a father my eyes have been opened to so many things I never realized before. I'm sure my parents went through the same changes. And, I'm sure their parents before them dealt with similar things.

With that in mind, probably the people best suited to give advice are those people who have had the time to gather that advice. Perhaps we should listen to the generations before us. Instead of teaching your parents or grandparents how to use a computer to check e-mail, or showing off your new cars or taking your family on a tour of your house, perhaps we should let them show us how to live life. I mean, think about this. When you are 80 you've probably made a fair share of mistakes and successes. What if you could pass that information on to someone who hasn't had a chance to make those mistakes? You would save them the pain, and help them succeed elsewhere! Perhaps you'll get the chance to do that someday.