Story: The Story of Princess Hase

"Today is the day," Princess Terute said to herself. "My husband has finally taken absence and I can now get rid of the precious princess after all these dreadful years." Princess Terute had waited a long time to get rid of Princess Hase-Hime. She was incredibly jealous of the Princess's beauty, intelligence, and mostly of the affection she received from her father. Princess Terute had gone through many troubles trying to get rid of her step daughter. She even murdered her own son by accident because she had tried to poison Princess Hase-Hime and instead poisoned her son. She had a deep hatred for the girl and it fueled her rage. 

Princess Terute summoned her servant Katoda and told him to take the Princess to the wildest parts of the mountains. "She is a disgrace to this family and the only way to save the family name is to kill her," she told Katoda. So, he did as she asked and took Princess Hase-Hime to the mountains. However, he was kind of heart and instead of killing her, Katoda and his wife built a small cottage and raised the girl. 

When her husband returned, Princess Terute told her husband that the princess had run away. He was heart broken. He spent most of his days in solitude and silence, grieving for his lost daughter. One day he went on a hunt with his companions. They traveled to the wildest parts of the mountains and he got separated from the group. He came across a small cottage and saw a young girl reading in the garden. He listened for awhile, mesmerized by her beautiful voice and intelligence. "This girl reminds me so much of my precious daughter. If only I could see her again," he thought to himself. Then, the young girl turned around and he gasped. It was his beautiful daughter! "Father!" She exclaimed. They ran to each other. Katoda, having heard the commotion ran outside. At the sight of the Prince, Katoda relayed the story of what happened. 

Katoda, Hase-Hime, and her father
Source: Book of Japanese Fairy Tales

They returned to the palace immediately. When Princess Terute heard that they had found the girl, she ran to her father's house out of fear. "That dreadful girl has managed to thwart my plans yet again. She has ruined my life. She has taken my child and has now cost me my husband." Princess Terute was so full of hate that it caused her to age rather quickly. She had once been a beautiful woman. However, as the years passed she became wrinkled and small. Her hair lost its glossy look and her eyes became dim. Her anger and hate eventually made her ill. She spent the remainder of her days sitting in her father's house day dreaming of ways to end Princess Hase-Hime. Since her health was very poor however, she was not able to put any of these plans into action. Princess Hase-Hime died at a young age and full of hate. Her soul never found peace and she wandered the Earth miserably for eternity. 

Author's Note: I didn't change very much of the original story. The only big thing I did was add some dialogue. However, I did add on to the original story. In the original, the ending goes off and basically ends in happily ever after for Princess Hase-Hime and father. The only thing you hear about Princess Terute is that she goes to live at her father's house. I thought it would be interesting to get a little view of what happened to her after everything that had happened. I didn't think she deserved a happy ending and I could just imagine her carrying her hate to the grave. I thought that this could cause problems for her in the afterlife since she was never at peace, so I added that into the story. 

Bibliography: Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki; Mythology and Folklore Untextbook 

Reading Notes: Japanese Fairy Tales (Ozaki) Part B

The tale of The Goblin of Adachigahara was very interesting. Goblins are always cool to read about. I wonder what would have happened if he hadn't looked in the forbidden room. Maybe I could do a spin off that went in that direction and answered that question.

The Ogre of Rashomon was a fun read. I liked how it was a secondary night that the story ended up being about, instead of the first hero that is mentioned. I'm not sure how I could work with this story, but I did enjoy it. It reminded me of Little Red Riding Hood in the aspect that the ogre disguised itself as an old woman just like the wolf disguised himself as Red's grandmother.

The Story of Princess Hase reminds me of both Hansel and Gretel as well as Snow White/ Cinderella. I really enjoyed it and thought it was interesting. I wonder what happened to the stepmother after everything happened. I think it would be fun to write a story telling what happened to her after and maybe having it be told by her.
                                                                             

Image from The Japanese Fairy Book

Bibliography: Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki; Mythology and Folklore Untextbook

Reading Notes: Japanese Fairy Tales (Ozaki) part A

I really liked the story of My Lord Bag of Rice. The imagery was great and intriguing. I found the choice of monster interesting as well. I'd never think of a centipede being monster like, but then again when it is hundreds of feet long and can wrap around a mountain, I think it can qualify as a monster.
                                                                             

Photograph by Eric Guinther
Source:Wikipedia commons

I think the characters were also well portrayed by their actions. I also really liked the presents that were presented to Hidesato. They weren't just of riches, they were practical and magical of course. I liked that he gained his fortune by not having to buy rice and silk because of the gifts from the Dragon King. It was a different way of earning riches than I am used to in fairy tales, but I really enjoyed. I'm not sure how I could use the story or how to change it, but it was very interesting.

The Adventures of Kintaro reminded me of Hercules in the fact that he was such a strong young boy. I liked that he was able to learn how to understand the animals. It made it less sad that he didn't have any human friends growing up. Reading about the animals wrestling each other was very comical. I could expand on this story and maybe make it an article describing a WWE event or something, but the animals would be the subject of it.

The Man Who Did Not Wish to Die was a good story to read. I liked that Jofuku used a dream to show Sentaro what his life would be like if his life was granted. I could use this story and maybe change Sentaro into a woman and perhaps have her wish for love with a wealthy man instead of the average man she is set to marry. I could keep the concept of being happy with what you have and making the most of it, but change the specific details.

Bibliography: Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki;Mythology and Folklore Untextbook

Reading Notes: Turkish Fairy Tales Part B

The story of the Patience-Stone and Patience-Knife was very interesting. It was very frustrating that the Arab woman seemingly conned the Bey and the young maiden out of their destined marriage. However, everything worked out in the end. I could definitely see potential in revising this story. I could almost see a Cinderella spin being put on it to where one of the evil step sisters is able to trick Prince Charming into believing she is his true love. I think that would be very interesting! This was definitely my favorite of this unit.

                                                                               

Cinderella receiving her slipper.
Source:Disney Wikia

Bibliography: Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales by Ignacz Kunos: Mythology and Folklore Untextbook, Patience- Stone and Patience-Knife

Week 5 Review

I love the images that are used in the announcements. It makes it more fun to look at and gives more of an incentive to pay attention to what announcements are being presented. My favorite image from this week was that of the minions. I love minions and I love to annoy my husband by singing the banana song, so this image definitely caught my eye.

From Friday-Monday announcements for week 5: course announcements

Story: The Fish- Peri

Once upon a time there was a young maiden who lived beneath the sea. She had long, beautiful, golden hair and big, bright green eyes. She had a kind heart and was very intelligent, but she was also very lonely. She had friends who lived nearby, but they all had families and loved ones of their own and so she couldn't help but feel alone. One day a young fisherman came to fish near where she resided. She studied him while he was fishing and was intrigued by him. He had sad eyes and looked weary, but his eyes also sparkled with the potential of great happiness and this made the maiden decide that she wanted to get to know him better. She felt a connection with him because of her sadness at being alone and wondered if they could be the missing pieces in each other's lives. The next day the man returned to fish again. The young maiden, who was really a magical fairy, transformed herself into a fish and allowed the fisherman to catch her.

Once the fisherman had caught her in his net, she asked him to either eat her or sell her. The young fisherman, who also had a kind nature, decided to dig a pond near his small cottage and placed the fish in the pond so that it may live.

The young maiden was very pleased with his actions and decided to reward him. So, the next day when the fisherman went out again she jumped out of the pond and transformed back into her human form. She did chores around the house of the young fisherman so that he would not have to worry about them when he returned home.

When the fisherman returned home from work he was shocked. He assumed that his neighbors had paid him a kindness and put it out of his mind. The next day he went out to sea again and when he returned home the house had been cleaned once more. He was perplexed and shared the story with a friend. The friend asked him who was left at home while he was away and the fisherman told him that there was no one there except for the fish. After hearing this, the friend told the fisherman that he should act as if he was going to work and then hide to see who was doing the cleaning.

The following day the fisherman followed his friend’s instructions and acted as if he was going to work and then hid in the cupboard. The maiden then leaped out of the water and shed her shiny orange fish disguise once again. The fisherman was surprised and transfixed by the maiden’s beauty. Her damp hair and skin glimmered in the sunlight and even though he was taken aback by her beauty, he was able to act quickly and grabbed the fish skin and threw it into the fire. The maiden was upset at being caught and felt vulnerable in her human form. However, after watching the young fisherman for many days, she had begun to fall in love with him and the vulnerable feeling quickly vanished. She relayed her feelings to him and he declared that he might be falling in love with her as well. So, the two decided that they should be wed.

 News of the maiden’s beauty quickly spread and reached the ear of the king. The king sent for the girl and upon seeing her decided that he should marry her. He knew that she was to marry the fisherman so he made him a deal. The king said that if he completed a series of tasks that he would allow the fisherman to marry her. Each task seemed impossible. The king asked for a beautiful palace made of gold and diamonds, he asked for a crystal bridge, a feast that would feed the kingdom and still have food leftover, and for an infant who was less than a day old that could walk and talk. The fisherman felt utterly defeated, but his love assured him that everything would work out. She helped him complete all the tasks by using her magic and her magical connections. The king was annoyed and frustrated that the fisherman had bested him, but he was a man of his word so he allowed the fisherman and the maiden to wed. The fisherman's entire village attended the wedding ceremony and it was beautiful. The wedding celebration consisted of exquisite foods and fine wines and it lasted a whole week. The young couple then went on with their new life together and lived happily ever after. 

Author's Note: I based my story off of the Fish-Peri from Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales by Ignacz Kunos. The original story starts by explaining how the boy's father was a fisherman, but didn't want his son to know where their money came from. The father died and the mother followed her husband's wishes. She later died as well and the boy tried his hand at many different trades and could not succeed. He eventually found his father's fishing net and decided to give that a try. He did pretty well and eventually caught the fish-peri (fairy). At this point I left the story pretty much the same. I left out specific details about  how the different tasks were completed, added the part about the girl loving the boy first and wanting to be caught, and shortened the wedding celebration. The rest of the plot is generally the same because I didn't want to take to much away from the original story.

The main part that I changed was having the fish-peri purposely get caught by the fisherman in the hopes of finding love. I wanted to add this aspect to the story because my portfolio is following the direction of fairy tales and love stories. In the original the fisherman and the fish-peri do get married, but I wanted to add more of a back story. I wanted to put more motivation behind their love and the wedding. I thought by starting the story with a lonely maiden and then showing the journey she goes on to find love helped give this story more of a romantic fairy tale feeling, which follows the theme of my portfolio.

Image Info: The Fisherman by Charles Napier Hemy; Wikipedia Commons

Bibliography: Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales by Ignacz Kunos; Mythology and Folklore untextbook

Reading Notes: Turkish Fairy Tales Part A

The Fish-Peri was very fun to read. I liked that the father didn’t want the boy to know what his occupation had been out of shame. Yet, when the boy grew up he found his father’s fishing net and decided to follow in his footsteps. This showed the good heart of the boy. This was backed up by the fact that he spared the fish and was then rewarded. It was as little disappointing that when he is set to marry the king swoops in. The king gives the young man impossible tasks to keep the maiden but each time the maiden helps get them accomplished. I thought this showed that the maiden wanted to be with the boy. In the end they stayed together.. I’m not sure what I could do with this story, but I really did like it.

                                                                              

The Maiden of The Fish-Peri from Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales

I liked The Crow-Peri as well. It was similar to the Fish-Peri in regards to an animal being a beautiful maiden and helping the young man complete the tasks asked of the king.

I think I could take either of these stories and make it more modern. I also think it would be interesting to have the maiden fall in love with the youth first and then willing get caught and then proceed to help the youth, making him fall in love with her. The story would be close to the original with a small twist of why the events occurred. 

bibliography: Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales by Ignacz Kunos; Mythology and Folklore Untextbook

Feedback Focus

                                                                          

Image Courtesy of Cheezburger

I do like the reading out loud technique. I feel like it gives a better awareness of what is going on in the story and also allows a better feel for the flow and style of the story. I think it would help give more detailed comments over the story that is being read. The King, the Falcon, and the Drinking-Cup is a story that I have heard before, but reading it out loud helped give me a better feel for it.

I liked the copy and delete technique better than the reading out loud technique. I think it was more helpful in producing comments. It had me focus on a topic from each paragraph, which gave me a lot to work with once I had finished the story of What Makes the Lightening. I think this would be very useful, especially for longer stories or time crunches. It allows you to focus on specifics of the story, but allows you to save time because you are commenting as you go. Then you can take your comments at the end and add to them and clean them up.

I liked the timed technique as well. I read the story of What the Heart Desires. I read through the story twice just so I wouldn’t miss any details. I then used the remainder of my time studying the word choice and style and how they complimented the story itself. I also coupled this technique with the copy and delete technique when I read the story the second time. I wanted to be able to really focus on the details of this story because it was a little longer.

I think the copy and delete technique and the timed technique will benefit me the most. Reading out loud makes me focus on the reading a little more, but not as much as the other two do. I feel like these two techniques will help me get the most out of the stories and will also help me give better feedback for the author. I will definitely use them in the future. I enjoyed all the stories. I liked What Makes the Lightening because I am always interested in different cultures’ reasons for nature events or occurrences. I also liked What the Heart Desires because I always find it interesting to read a backstory to a story that has already been written. I also think it is a good way of knowing how the author interpreted the original story by seeing how they styled their version of a back story. 

Story: The Three Lovers

Kylie had always been a beautiful girl. When she was growing up everyone who knew her would say that the gods must have created her in the image of an angel. The older Kylie got the more beautiful she became. She went through school being sought after by all the guys. In high school, they all tried to convince her to be their girlfriend, but she always refused. Her senior year she decided she would take a boyfriend, but only if there was a promise of forever with the relationship. She didn’t want to waste her time with a meaningless relationship, but instead wanted to be a part of one with a promising future.

Once the word got out that Kylie was willing to be in a relationship, three boys distinguished themselves from the rest. Matt was captain of the football team and student council president. He was handsome, strong, and all the girls loved him. Steven was a drum major and top of his class. He was graduating with honors and was set to be valedictorian. He also had many scholarships lined up for college. Dylan was a drama geek. He was the lead in all the school plays and had a full ride to Julliard waiting for him when he graduated.

Kylie knew each of these boys well because they had all gone to school together since they were little kids. She liked each of them for different reasons. She knew she had said that she would pick a boyfriend, but she couldn’t. How was she supposed to choose between three exceptional young men? They were all so nice and kindhearted and she didn’t want to hurt the feelings of the ones who weren’t picked. She stressed about the decision for weeks. She couldn’t even focus on her school work because she was so worried about who to pick. The stress of the decision, plus the stress of finals, and the stress of graduation and the future proved too much for her to handle. Her body gave out and she fell into a long coma.

                                                                                         

The boys, being head over heels for her, were distraught. They all handled it in different ways. Dylan stayed by her bedside the whole time. He didn’t even leave to go to his classes. He helped brush her hair and sang to her. He talked to her and kept her company. He wanted to make sure she knew what was happening in the outside world. Matt dedicated every football game to her and set up a fundraiser to help her parents pay for the medical bills. Steven spent hours and hours researching her condition. He was extremely smart for his age and was trying to help the doctors find out what was wrong and how to treat her.

Weeks went by, but Dylan never left her bedside. Matt had played better than he ever had and he had helped raise a significant amount of money for Kylie’s medical expenses. Steven spent tireless hours in his lab, on top of going to school, desperately hoping to figure out was wrong with her. Finally, there was a breakthrough and the doctors found a diagnosis. They started her on treatment right away and in a matter of days she was awake. She was as beautiful as ever. Her eyes sparkled, her skin seemed to glow and not one hair on her head was astray. No one could even tell that she had spent weeks lying in a hospital bed. The boys each explained to her what they had done for her. Matt told her about all the games he won in her name and the amount of money he had raised for her. Steven told her about his contributions in finding her diagnosis. Dylan told her how he never left her side, how he kept up her appearance, and that he sang to her and talked to her.

After hearing the things that the boys went through, Kylie was able to make a decision. She thanked Matt for all he did, but told him that the way he reacted is the way a son would react and therefore he should not be her boyfriend. She told Steven that she greatly appreciated his dedication and hard work, but that he reacted the way a father would and therefore should not be her boyfriend. She then talked to Dylan and told him that she wanted to be with him. She told him that he reacted the way a young man in love would react. He gave up his time and didn’t worry about how missing school would affect him his senior year; the only thing he cared about was being there for her and making sure she got better. This is how a boyfriend should act and it also showed her that they had a promising future. Her decision was final and she made the right call, for Kylie and Dylan went on to have a long and happy relationship.

Author’s note: I used the story of the Three Lovers who brought the Dead Girl to Life from Twenty- Two Goblins. The story is a riddle the goblin is telling the king about a young girl who has to choose between three men to be her husband. She couldn’t make a decision because she didn’t want to hurt the feelings of the other two. Then she got sick and died, which left the men distraught. After she was cremated, one of them slept on her ashes and begged for food, the second dipped her bones in the sacred Ganges River and the third became a monk and wandered the world until he found a spell to bring her back to life. He then went back to her grave and brought her back to life. Once she came back to life the men began to fight over who should get to marry her. The goblin then asks the king who should be able to marry her. The king replies by saying the man who brought her back to life acted as a father would. The man who dipped her bones in the river acted as a son would. The man that gave up his life to live in the cemetery acted as a lover and deserved to marry her. This was the correct answer. I chose to keep the plot close to the original story, but I wanted to make it more modern. I also changed it to where she was only in a coma so it wasn’t as dramatic. I chose this image because even though it is of Sleeping Beauty, it goes along with the concept of her being in a coma. The story also has a fairy tale feel to it, so having a fairy tale image felt appropriate.

Image Info: Sleeping Beauty by Henry Meynell Rheam; Wikipedia Commons

Bibliography: Twenty- Two Goblins translated by Arthur Ryder; Mythology and Folklore Untextbook

Reading Notes: Twenty-Two Goblins Part A

I really enjoyed reading the first part of Twenty-Two Goblins because I enjoy reading riddles. I felt like the stories were very similar so I think I could use anyone of them and change it. I think I would make it more modern. I could do this by changing the characters of the Goblin and the King to like a scam artist and a gambler. I could also take the story of The Three Lovers and make it more modern to something similar to the Bachelorette show. I think that would be very interesting.                  
                                                                         

The Goblin hanging from the tree

source:Wikipedia

Bibliography: Twenty- Two Goblins translated from Sanskrit Vetalapancavimsati by Arthur Ryder; Mythology and Folklore Untextbook

Story: The Hare With Many Friends

There once was a little white Hare. She was always so kind and helped anyone that she could. She never thought about herself, but always put others first. One day the Horse needed help swatting the flies off of his back. He was miserable and itchy and couldn’t reach where they were sitting. The Hare was passing by on her way to lunch and could see that he was in distress. “What’s the matter Mr. Horse,” she asked. “These terrible, terrible flies will not leave me be. They have taken residence in a place on my back that I cannot reach. I have no way of getting them off and relieving myself of the itch that they have cause,” he replied. “Well, if it is assistance that you need I would be happy to lend a helping hand,” the Hare responded. She jumped up on the Horse’s back and swatted away the flies, making sure that they would not return. The Horse, much relieved, thanked her for her kindness and with that they became good friends.
                                                                               

A drawing of "The Hare With Many Friends" by William Harvey from the 1854 edition of John Gay's Fables
Source:The Fables of John Gay

The Hare helped many of the other animals as well and quickly became popular. She had been wondering around a field, picking wildflowers, when she came across the bull. He had somehow gotten his horns stuck in the fence post and could not set them free on his own. The Hare didn’t waste a moment jumping to the rescue. She climbed up on the bull’s head and with a great big kick, pushed the fence back, releasing the bull’s horns from its grip.

She also helped the goat in his time of need. He had been messing around, kicking and head butting a stack of wooden boxes. He kicked the stack just right and made the boxes come crashing down on top of him. The Hare heard his cries of help and quickly dug the goat out of the rubble. The Hare helped the ram in a similar way. He had been practicing his fighting by ramming his strong horns into a stack of hay. Since the hay wasn’t very sturdy, he ended up getting his horns stuck in the hay and made the top bales fall on top of his head. The Hare had been bouncing by and saw the whole thing take place. She quickly jumped to the rescue and removed the bales from atop the ram’s head. Then, she dug his horns out from the bale in which they had gotten stuck.

The Hare was friends with all of these animals, but her best friend was the calf. When the calf was born, he wondered away from his mother and got lost in the fields. He was alone and scared and didn’t know where to go. He had wondered so far that he had come to the edge of the woods. The wolves that resided there came across the young calf and had decided that they would take advantage of their easy prey. The Hare had been out searching for the calf with the other animals. She found the calf and saw that his life was in danger. She scurried through the tall grass of the field and warned him of the eminent danger. She then told him that she would distract the hungry wolves while he ran. Her plan worked and they were both able to escape and had been best friends ever since.

One day the Hare heard the hounds on the loose. The Hare was very frightened because the hounds loved to hunt Hares. She didn’t want to be their next meal, so she ran to the horse to find help. He denied her request, saying that he had other work he needed to do. So, the Hare ran to the bull to ask for assistance. He too declined, but assured her that one of her other friends would help her. She ran to the goat next, but he also said no and suggested that she ask the ram. She ran to the ram, who turned her away because hounds sometimes ate sheep as well. The Hare finally ran to her last hope, her best friend the calf. However, he too turned her away. He said that all the other animals were older and wiser than he and if they said no, then it was probably in his best interest to say no as well. The Hare was out of time and out of options and had to take matters into her own hands. The hounds were drawing near, but by her quit wit and fast feet she was luckily able to escape.

After that day, the Hare didn’t call the animals her friends anymore. In fact, she decided that she was going to find a new place to call home because there was no longer a reason for her to stay where she currently was. The Hare was upset and felt betrayed, but she didn’t let that affect her heart. She still helped anyone who was in need of it even though she wasn’t sure if they would help her in return. She was determined to make sure no one ever felt as helpless as she did the day her friends turned their back on her.

Author's Note: The original story "The Hare With Many Friends" was much shorter and only told the part of the Hare seeking assistance from the other animals. I decided it would make the story more dramatic to show that the Hare helped the other animals first and to show how she specifically helped each of them. I thought that this would give the story a bigger sense of betrayal and would make the audience feel even worse for the Hare than the original story. I also wanted to end the story with the Hare being the same as how she was before. I didn't want what happened to her affect her in a way that made her cruel, I wanted to show that despite what had happened to her she still had a big heart. 

Bibliography: Aesop's Fables by Joseph Jacobs; Mythology and Folklore Untextbook

Reading Notes: Aesop's Fables (Jacobs) part A

                                                                                      

Camille Roqueplan's of The Lion in Love from the Wallace Collection
Source: Wikipedia

The Lion in Love jumped out a me. The concept of giving things up in order to appease the one you love intrigued me. It also showed how some are willing to go to great lengths, including changing their looks and getting rid of things that make them who they are, in order to get the attention of whoever they are in love/infatuated with. I could see some potential in a new story here. I could change the characters to be all human or all animal. I could make it to where the daughter wanted to marry the lion as he was but when he performed the tasks the parents asked she no longer wanted to because he was no longer the same being that she fell in love with.

I also liked the story of The Fox and the Lion. I liked how the more the Fox observed the Lion the braver he became and once he actually met the lion they started to form a relationship that could turn into a friendship. It definitely has the theme "Don't judge a book by its cover." I think I could transfor this story, but I'm not sure if it would be long enough.

The third story that caught my eye was The Hare With Many Friends. I was drawn to this story because the Hare seemingly had many friends, but when she was in need of assistance none of her friends wanted to help her. I thought it could be interesting to create a back story where maybe she helps all the others in a specific way or in multiple ways. I could elaborate on what all she does for them and why they enjoy claiming her as their friend. Then, I could add on the original, or rather a version of it, where they don't reciprocate the help. This would add a new level of betrayal to the story.
 
                                   
Bibliography: Aesop's Fables by Joseph Jacobs; Mythology and Folklore Untextbook

Feedback Thoughts

The article "The Difference Between Praise That Promotes Narcissism vs. Healthy Self-Esteem" really interested me as a mom. I give my three year old compliments all the time because he is constantly amazing me. I never really thought about how I worded my compliments would affect my son's self-esteem and how he viewed himself compared to others. This article helped me realize that I should focus more on praising his hard work rather than just a personality trait.

I also liked the article "5 Tips For Taking Feedback Like a Champ" on a personal level. I haven't always been the best at receiving feedback. I always put on a good face, but on the inside I tend to over analyze. I am a perfectionist, so sometimes critical feedback can be hard for me to swallow. I have gotten much better at it over the years and I've used some of these tips to do so. My favorite tip was probably the second one that says having areas to grow in is a good thing because it means you still have more potential to tap into. This is very motivational because even though it shows you some weaknesses, it also shows you that you haven't maxed out and are still of use. You can still learn and grow. I also agree that having self-compassion is important in receiving feedback. It just helps keep in mind that we aren't perfect and having room to grow is a good thing.

                                                                             

Created by MemeGenerator.net
Source: Meme Generator