Tag: Praise

  • Praise and Criticism – A Story From The Monastery

    Praise and Criticism – A Story From The Monastery

    I’ll never forget the rather amusing altercation between two of the monks at the monastery one day involving buckets of water!  Giving and receiving praise and criticism can play havoc with our emotions if it goes unchecked.  Both Brother Matthew and Brother Simon (names changed for anonymity) had been engaged in an ego-game of criticising…