#betterement

[aseelrefai]

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[yawexperience]

Taking it to Heart.

Criticism is hard to take. We look at the source. We question the motive. We don't like it at times but the best of it helps us grow. Here is something most (just about all of you) don't know about me: I take everything to heart. I shouldn't really say that because I don't want it taken too literally, but for the most part I take critiques seriously. I'm not crazy defensive. I don't think I can do it all, and I don't even show it on my face, but if there is an area of life that I "should" be better at I will work my way to being better at it to a certain degree.

There is a buddy who knows this about me. When he wants to get underneath my skin he says "you're getting soft". He's talking about my fitness. The fitness that has that 5 am dedication. Five days a week. I know it shouldn't bother me but in my head I think "I could get better".

I try to take what I can from it. Even it's ridiculous, or mean-spirited, or even grossly inaccurate. I'm trying to learn from all my experiences. To be the best me I can be. It has to come from somewhere, so I take what I can. As long as it makes me better, I try.

I take everything to heart in the most positive way I believe one can. I think it has lead to me doing some real good. 

I try to hear the good. I believe it's in there. Even if it isn't, I can do what I would like with the advice some gives me. So, bring on your words, your observations, your phrases that begin with "no offence but...". . I can take it. Well, I can't really take it, but I can definitely use it. 

Fuel me.