Are you thin skinned?
One of my biggest frustrations since moving to Japan is how thin the skin of Japanese people is. Do you know what this means? To have thin skin means that you are easily offended especially to criticism. Can I encourage you to have a teachable spirit? One of the ways we can grow as a person and learn new things is to learn from our mistakes. One of the ways to learn from our mistakes, is for people who are our friends, to lovingly point out our mistakes to us. Don't be insulted every time someone does this. I am a pastor and a teacher, so my job is to teach the Bible. It is also to help the people around me to live a better life, by adapting their attitude and actions to be in line with what the Bible teaches. It seems that 9 out of 10 Japanese people that I have given advice to, have thin skin. That means, that no matter how hard I try to be kind with my words, and correct them in a loving way, they are going to be offended. This thin skin shows that they have an