When I was about twelve years old, a girl in my class liked to point out my shortcomings (缺点). At last, I became very1. Iran to my father with tears in my eyes. He listened to me2, and asked, "Are those things true or not? Didn't you ever3what you're really like?" Then he added, "well, you have that girl's opinions. Make a(n)4_of everything she said and mark the points that are true. "
I did as he told me. To my great5, I found out that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn't change, like being very thin,
6many I could and suddenly I wanted to7. For the first time I got a clear picture of myself. I brought the list (清单) back to Daddy, and he said, " You have to learn to8. When something said about you is true, you'll find it will be greatly helpful to you."
Daddy's advice has returned to me at 9important moments. In my life, I've never had a better piece of advice.
