Last year I was 14 years old. I had an " enemy", a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings(缺点). Day by day her list grew: I was very thin; I was ; I sometimes didn't respect the teachers, I talked too much: I was too proud, and so on. At last, I couldn't stand it. I cried andto my father. He listened to me quietly. Then he asked," Alfred, are the things she says true or not? Didn't you ever wonder what you are really? Well, you now have that girl's opinion. Go and make a list of everything sheand find out the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things you heard."

    I did my father told. To my surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn't change （like being very thin）, but a large number I could and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I got a fairly clear picture of .

    I brought the list back to Daddy. He refused to take it. "It's just the case for you, he said," you know better than anyone the about yourself But you have to learn to listen, not just close your ears in anger and feeling hurt. When something said about you is true, you'll find it will be of great help to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your duty. Don't shut your ears, listen to them all, but hear the fact only and do what you know is right thing.

    In my life. I've never a better piece of advice. Thanks for the shortcomings that someone has pointed out for us. They can make us know ourselves more and improve usas we grow up.