1930:13
Tuesday, 21 October 2008
When receiving correction...
IT'S REALLY BAD TO CRITICIZE PEOPLE FOR NOT HAVING THEIR FACTS OR THEIR EVIDENCE OR THEIR SPECIFICS EXACTLY RIGHT because we need to realize that that's not the most important thing, & even if a few minor details are wrong, the main point or the conclusion usually is pretty right! How can you expect people to know all the little details & all the facts? ... They're not so involved in your personal business that they know what hour you do this & what hour you do that & exactly who you talk to behind somebody's back! Maybe they accuse you, so-called falsely, of talking about someone when it was actually somebody else you talked about, but that shouldn't make any difference whatsoever! This is good advice for people who have to get bawled out, not to justify themselves & say, "Well, this fact wasn't right so you must be wrong in your conclusion."
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What was convicting to me while reading this letter was that the examples used for the shepherds getting "a few minor details wrong" when correcting was that they where actually not "minor details" at all compared to what many of us use as excuses to wiesel out of taking ownership of a correction.
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