Always be willing to laugh at yourself.
It's advice I've always heard, but never put into practice. Criticism has mostly seemed to need more respect than simple laughter - even joking. So when someone tries to tease me about one of my flaws, I don't tease back. Instead I go into a spiral of sad self-doubt and insecurity, because all shortcomings must be fixed.
However, the other day my boyfriend was teasing me about something, and I choose to laugh instead of spin off into a puddle of sad. It made so much difference. Now, this is a joke instead of something to be gulity about. Something we can talk together about instead of me attempting to hide. And something I can monitor and fix with his support instead of me working alone. What a wonderful feeling!
There are definitely times when I need to seriously consider my failures, but other times, laughter is the best way to go. Interesting life lesson for me.
