Advice in Abundance

Unsolicited advice free and abundant:

So much of it there its often redundant.
When I was a lad and easily impressed:

I listened and nodded at the experts' behest.

Opinions they flaunted on a scale universal:

Expounding at length without forethought or rehearsal.

With style and emotion, each made a case:

Of factual content there was rarely a trace.

Middle age found me as the consummate cynic:

Quick to retort and given to mimic.
With the passage of time I relaxed my position:

Improvised wisdom doesn't require a logician.

In the twilight of life there is time for a chat:

I now render advice at the drop of a hat.