100: Praise, Criticism and Taunts

Praise, we should receive all, but not to accept all.
Criticism, we should process all, but not to deny all.
Taunts, we should also process all, but to resist and reject all.

Clearly, Praise and appreciation are good things so that there is no reason to reject. We should process all as it is at least the recognition by others, no matter they are true-hearted or not. We should not accept all since somehow we should be humble and rational, but not so humble to an extent that appears to be unconfident and hypocritical. Just not to be over-confident and be natural.

Criticism, although it sounds bad, it should be accepted when it is true and for your own benefit, therefore we should process all and not to deny in the first place. If True Criticism is taken seriously, it can help us in the long run. Unreasonable Criticism, or False Criticism, is just like garbage-in-garbage-out, no need to be unhappy, and sometimes for courtesy, no need to deny openly. Just forget and let it flow.

Taunts, have unfair, unreasonable, artificial implications. We should also process because we would know who are the makers of these unfair, unreasonable, artificial claims. This is also part of the real world, words can hurt, but train up to be not easy to get hurt. Or you can think, if I were this person, will I mock at people in such a way? Or is this person just want to criticize me, but due to poor communication skills this person has done something over? These questions are what we should process. Then resist (politely and tactfully).

Receive and Process all first, then resist and reject those should be.

In the newspaper, these words by 小美 draw my attention:
讚美係玫瑰，好快凋謝，反而適量的奚落係一種特效藥，會刺激你發奮，唔使太介懷．
每一個成功來臨之前，都可能遇上風雨，經得起的話就會有下一個成功．

Keep the Fire!