"Personally I hate being corrected but it's the only way to improve your game, gain wisdom, and/or grow in character.
It's hard to listen when someone is talking to you about something that is painfully true and necessary to grow. Humility is displayed only when you leave your heart gate open during these painful exchanges. Everything in you wants to defend yourself, remind the other person of their short comings, or retreat in self pity. But reacting to the pain instead of responding to the correction is the formula for repeated failure.
True friends and real enemies will both correct you. Although the pain often feels the same, their motives are polar opposite. I am convinced that The Lord uses both. What my enemies mean for evil God means for my good."
--- K. Vallotton ---
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