Meet Mathew Gray Gubler. Some of you may know him as the genius FBI agent on Criminal Minds, Dr Spencer Reed. He is also involved in another aspect of creative arts other than acting/directing – Painting, to be more precise.
As the popular saying goes, “you may be the ripest peach in the garden, yet there’ll be someone who hates peaches”. In life, criticism is bound to follow. We can sit all day doing nothing and still be criticized for doing just that. Chasing our dreams is only going to increase the force of criticism. Certain things can’t be escaped, but our perspective of them goes a long way in how we deal with them- criticism is one of such things. If we could employ the advice of Matthew Gray Gubler, and just for a moment, envision criticism to be the beautiful creation he described it to be, it might be a whole lot easier to deal with.
Taking criticism by the hand and viewing it through rose colored glasses is not an easy task. But then again, it’s also not impossible. Bad days happen; negative comments have the tendency to strike just the right nerve; it hurts when hard work is viewed as everything less. We can’t control people’s words towards us but we can control to some extent, our reaction to them.
Next time we are hit with the close fisted criticism, lets try to imagine the words of our criticizers (as hard as it is), as nothing more than incentives towards a colorful masterpiece. And if that doesn’t work out, I say, sleep on it. Yup, some days, all the wisdom of inspirational words can only do so much without that much needed sleep, if we are being realistic. Sleep, and hopefully, the new day would bring a brighter perspective.
This post is in response to Writer’s Quote Wednesday hosted by Silver Threading.
This is such a great discussion of the quote. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
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Thank you for reading! I am glad you like it 😄
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You are welcome…I did, much so 🙂
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Lovely piece of advice! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
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Thank you! I’m glad you like it. It was something I came across accidentally.
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Wonderful encouragement!
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Thank you very much 😄
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Yes! MGG is so weirdly funny! I love him and his sense of humor 😀 This is such a great post!
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He is!! I used to have a huge crush on him, mostly cause of his long hair 😄. Thank you
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Yeah! Me too 😀
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Thanks for sharing this wonderful quote, Ameena. Your description of the quotes is Always so good!
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Thank you very much. Aww, I appreciate it. ☺
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I totally agree ‘sleep’ does help even if it’s just a power nap.
Great post.
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It does help me out! Thank you. 😄
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Wonderful quote and explanation of it Ameena!
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Thank you very much Pj 😊.
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Your welcome!
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Wow that quote 🙂
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Thank you!!! I love it too. 😄
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What an excellent quote and your commentary on criticism is fabulous! I love this quote! ❤
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Thank you very much Colleen. I’m glad you like it. 😊
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Definitely something to think about. It isn’t as easy as said, but reminding ourselves that criticism should be ignored will at least after while do some good. That being said, constructive criticism should be taken in the right sense too. The problem is differentiating between the two.
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I know! Sometimes, we lack the skills to criticize correctly and other times, it’s hard differentiating. We do need to improve.
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love the quote 🙂 and your words on it 🙂
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Thank you Sis, I’m glad you like it! 😄 ever watched criminal minds?
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🙂 no not yet, will check out soon.
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OH how did I miss this! Love the quote and what you have to say about it. True words! I love the word picture of unicorns frolicking 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
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OH that’s right, it was Blizzard brain that made me miss this :)! LOL!
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Hahaha :D. It’s alright Joy. The cold tends to have some negative effects on me too (like sleeping too much 😁). And thank you!
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