If you would be real with yourself, you've had a critical spirit (or attitude) before. I've had it and have recently dealt with it and hate it! A critical attitude is the essence of what we like to call "a hater". It's not cool to be a hater, nor does it feel good when we see that we are operating from this mindset. It usually comes when we see someone doing their thing, in front of people and being praised for it. We start thinking, I can do that better or we find every reason why their presentation sucks because we either lack the courage or ability to do it too. If you are like me, you hate being critical. It drains precious energy, creativity, relationships, opportunities, and dishonors God. So how do you deal with a critical spirit? You have to find your realm of influence and begin to work within it. A lot of the bad attitude comes from us having things/ideas we want to present, but feeling like we don't have permission to do so with a certain group of people. All of us have a realm of influence that we are made to reach and it can be frustrating when your influence isn't being utilized. If you find the place/people you are supposed to reach and step out and actually do it, then you won't deal with being critical as much. If you are pursuing your vision, then you won't have as hard of time supporting others in theirs because your mind will be too occupied with what you got going on! So take some time to find your realm of influence (or begin to operate in it once again if you already know what it is). Once you do, your face will brighten and your outlook on what others are doing won't be so negative.
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