"How to handle criticism"

It feels bad to be criticized, right ? Every person who has ever walked on this earth has faced criticism atleast once in their lifetime but whether this criticism is a gift or a scar , it depends on our attitude towards it.
You can either think of it again and again and suffer or you can ignore it and carry on but the best is when you consider it, think of it, improvise on that flaw for which you are being criticized and then Rise and Shine again.
My recent encounter with criticism taught me this....
People start criticizing you or you criticize others because let's face it , it feels good and while you may think that you are doing a social service by criticizing , you either make that person defensive of their deeds or you make them feel inferior to you thus hurting their pride.
It's very easy to understand criticism as it could be divided into two types namely (1) improvisable (2) non-improvisable . In improvisable criticism you can do something about it and put some efforts to stop that criticism. Now, I am not advising to kill or threaten every person who criticises you rather than that you can put some efforts to mend those things that are wrong about you whereas in non improvisable criticism you can not do anything about it like if someone makes fun of your skin colour or your facial structure , these are the features that made you what you are and give you your identity so rather than being sad cherish them because we are all beautiful in our own way.
On the other hand in cases of improvisable criticism like fat shaming is very common around the globe and I personally have seen my cousin brother suffering just because he was fat as a kid and still consistently face criticism as an 18 year old. Now for this type of criticism you can work out , you can adopt a healthy lifestyle , etc and within a couple of months difference will be noticeable in your physique and as time passes by you can see both fat and that criticism fading away. If you are facing this criticism consider yourself as lucky as for you have opportunities to improve on and YOU MUST WORK ON IT and improve yourself but if you are facing non improvisable criticism then YOU CAN JUST IGNORE IT and cherish it as God's gift of uniqueness to you. This non improvisable criticism is of no good and also kills the essence of criticism. Consider it as a fool's mockery and ignore. Believe in yourself and have faith.
Rise and shine.
The Great Gatsby

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