Take Criticism Lightly

April 29th

I think it was President Theodore Roosevelt who said, “The easiest thing in the world is to criticize and the toughest thing to do is create.” I just looked it up and he didn’t say it, but I'm sure someone else did.  It’s very true though and it’s important to realize that everyone gets criticized, especially today.

I was reading a book on all the songs The Beatles did from 1963-1970.  The song, “She Loves You” was released in 1964 and is one of the Beatles’ twenty-one number one songs and was the best-selling song in England for fourteen years. 

Paul McCartney explains, “Nearly everything I’ve ever done or been involved in has received some negative, critical reaction.  You’d think that something like “She Loves You” with the Beatles would have been pretty positive. It wasn’t.  The very first week that came out it was supposed to be the worst song the Beatles had ever thought of.”

So, the next time someone criticizes something you said or did, take it with a grain of salt.  If Paul McCartney can be criticized, so can us mere mortals.  And if you don’t like this blog, just stick it in your ear.(I think President Theodore Roosevelt could have said that too).