Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

What is more comforting than advice from a friend?  I love hearing it even if I know I'm not going to follow it.  I appreciate the fact that the person is making an effort.  And my husband told me this morning the reasons why it's good to have a fever when you're fighting the flu.  So I'm less worried about the fact that I can't get my temperature back to normal.  Often when I hear the advice I instantly dismiss it, only to have it reverberate later and change my mind.  Why not try it?  I'll think.  So right speech can be the whole dance of advice and listening and mulling it in my mind.  Of course, the advice must be non-judgemental and not insistent.  "Suggestion" maybe is more what I mean.  So, as in all other speech, tone and word choice are crucial.  But I am a person who can listen to advice, and feel treasured.  Most of the time.