" ....no matter what the subject, someone is always going to be on the receiving end. It may sting a little, but much of it can be viewed as constructive criticism .....
Take it with a grain of salt. In the end we are all different, with differing opinions- and that is a beautiful thing".
I'd like it to be all constructive criticism, since the alternative seems to me to be that some of it is destructive criticism. Constructive criticism - that which is offered in kindness, and intended only to help - rather than tear down and attack - another, is just that kind of constructive criticism, and is more than warranted; it is arguably necessary, if one feels that the recipient will truly benefit from its offering.
We're all entitled to our opinions, but we're not entitled to our own facts. For example, someone is entitles to believe that no Americans have ever walked on the moon, but that person would, in fact, be wrong. The evidence to the contrary is simply overwhelming.
What is truly a "beautiful" thing is people helping others to be better people by kindly, lovingly, and non-judgmentally offering them help to be better, more informed people. I fail frequently at doing this well, but that is my goal, and when I fail, I make no excuses for it. No one but ourselves are in charge of what we do, and what we say.
I take a lot of criticism from people I meet for telling them about vaping, and encouraging them start doing it, along with smoking, and see which one they like better. I feel comfortable in doing it, and doing it gently and non-judgmentally, because I feel that my motives are pure and good, and because that's what life is all about for me; helping other people have better lives through science, logic, and reason, and having lots of laughs along the way. And vaping my face off, of course.
Take it with a grain of salt. In the end we are all different, with differing opinions- and that is a beautiful thing".
I'd like it to be all constructive criticism, since the alternative seems to me to be that some of it is destructive criticism. Constructive criticism - that which is offered in kindness, and intended only to help - rather than tear down and attack - another, is just that kind of constructive criticism, and is more than warranted; it is arguably necessary, if one feels that the recipient will truly benefit from its offering.
We're all entitled to our opinions, but we're not entitled to our own facts. For example, someone is entitles to believe that no Americans have ever walked on the moon, but that person would, in fact, be wrong. The evidence to the contrary is simply overwhelming.
What is truly a "beautiful" thing is people helping others to be better people by kindly, lovingly, and non-judgmentally offering them help to be better, more informed people. I fail frequently at doing this well, but that is my goal, and when I fail, I make no excuses for it. No one but ourselves are in charge of what we do, and what we say.
I take a lot of criticism from people I meet for telling them about vaping, and encouraging them start doing it, along with smoking, and see which one they like better. I feel comfortable in doing it, and doing it gently and non-judgmentally, because I feel that my motives are pure and good, and because that's what life is all about for me; helping other people have better lives through science, logic, and reason, and having lots of laughs along the way. And vaping my face off, of course.
