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I'm Gretchen Rubin and this is a little happier.

I'm going to tell a story that's related to happiness, but there's a lot of sadness

in this story.

So if you don't feel like thinking about a sad situation, you may want to skip this one.

One question I often consider is, what's the right way to think about pointing out to

people what I think they should do?

Sometimes it seems unhelpful, arrogant and intrusive, but sometimes it's valuable.

I'm always way into pros and cons.

Should I try to give direction to the people in my life?

Should I think I know the right answers?

As I often mention, I love examples of when people know the right things to say and the

right things to do.

And one particular example of this situation really struck me.

In his memoir, Man in the Empty Boat, writer Mark Solzman explains that he grew up in a

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