Criticism

 

De gustibus non est disputandum
                   =

One ought not argue about tastes

 

Looking at the world through critical eyes is like looking at
the sky through dirty windows. 
Part of your vision is obscured.  Part of the light is blocked
and the dirty spots are difficult to ignore.
If you do ignore the dirty spots though,
you might see something beautiful.  You might see the
answers to your prayers or your sweetest dream
come true.  Dirt is an inevitable fact of life.
Dirt washes off. 

Critical eyes and critical minds
remember the dirt though.
Critical eyes are good for guiding our hands
to make life better. 
Critical minds are good if they use information they gather
to make the world a better place.
When criticism is turned toward human beings it becomes
a terrible unforgiving merciless weapon of destruction.

The somebody I wish I could be is someone who can see past
all the dirt that might obscure my vision and see only the good
in this world.  Critical people are the dirtiest ones of all.  If I could ask
God for any ability, it would be the ability to be truly clean and free
of all critical and inconsiderate thoughts toward others.