2009-09-10T13:43:38-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/constructive/ http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/the-mirror-that-loves-you-5847 2009-09-10T13:43:38-05:00 See, as a mirror for somebody you love, you need to praise their strengths and their insight, their good ideas, their progress and their growth in an area of weakness...even if it's only a little growth. Our constructive criticism needs to come in the context of lots of affirmation, not lots of condemnation - or they won't know that we're saying it because of how much we love them. It's not going to feel like we love them.