I was talking to a student yesterday who reminded me that sometimes we need to seek out feedback even when we think it might hurt our feelings. If we are truly wanting to improve our self we need to seek the feedback we need to do this. We need to let others be honest about their impression of us and we need to alter ourselves and stop trying to change others around us. Sometimes it may not be what we want to hear, sometimes we may be shocked to hear it but the ability to receive the constructive criticism can make a huge difference in our own life and how we get a long with others.
As hard as it is to receive the feedback I think it is even harder to give it. Not everyone is receptive to hearing what others have to say about them or willing to take it in and evaluate and improve for the future, but just as much as we want to hear what others think of us to help our self improve, we need to be just as honest and give that person our perception of them. Although we can't make that person take the feedback and do something with it, we can offer it and let them decide how they want it to make an impact on their own life, and in turn on others.
Today I am grateful for those who give me that feedback and allow me a chance to make myself a better person, because that is what this world is about, not being better than someone, just being the best YOU you can be and making a difference in other people's lives.
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