When I was about 14, a girl in my class liked to point out(指出) my shortcomings(缺点)and I hthat. Week by week, her list grew: I was very thin; I wasn't a good student; I talked too m; I was too proud and so on. At last, I became very a. I cried and ran to my father.
He lto me quietly. Then he asked, "Are the things true or n? Jane, you want to know what you are like, don't you? Well, you now have the girl's opinions. Go and make a list of(列出一张...单子) everything she said. Then mark(做标记) the tpoints with a red pen. Pay no attention to(不在意...) the other things on the list."
I did as he told me. I was sto find that about half the things were true. I couldn't change some of them(like being thin). But I could change a lot of them. For the first time in my life, I got a clear picture of myself. And suddenly I wanted to change to be b.
I brought the list back to my father. But he didn't look at it. "That's just for you,"he said. "You know about ybetter than anyone else. But you have to learn to listen. When others' words about you are true, you will find them helpful to you. Don't close your ears. Listen to them all, but hear only the truth."
My father's advice came back to me at many important moments. It is the best piece of ain my life
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