For example, if you're angry at your children, first calm down, then discipline them. If you lash out in anger, it has little to do with helping them grow - and a lot to do with releasing your own frustration. The right hand is the stronger hand and in Jewish tradition the right hand represents love and mercy. If you want to grow, you should accept correction with the same eagerness that you'd seek advice on investments or ways to make your business more efficient. In business, we pay people to critique the way we operate, eager for lists of things to change and improve in the hopes of greater profit.
Correction is an intrinsic part of love.
This week, ask two close people to tell you five ways you could improve. And don't be afraid. It's kind of like getting a shot at the doctor's office. Rabbi Nachum Braverman studied philosophy at Yale University. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and children.