Tag: hurtful words
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Post #12: Having Perspective in the Face of Anger and Resentment
At that moment… when he declared that I was average looking, I was crushed. The second time he said it, I was numb. It took me years to get angry. The love I felt for him had put up some kind of preternatural barrier rendering me truly blind. And now I think that maybe what…
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Post #6: Anger Will Not Be Ignored
I had acknowledged my pain and… unhappiness with his declaration, but I did not know that I was holding on to anger and resentment as well. However, my body did. As I laid out in post number four, the harms of holding on to past hurts can wreak havoc on your body, mind, and spirit.…
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Post #5: Deja Vu
I chose neither. Instead, I chose to stay on the battlefield and let myself be slain over and over and over again. I sacrificed myself, stepped onto the pyre unaided, laid myself down, and waited to feel something other than pain.
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Post #2: What Is Average?
There are many definitions of the word… average When did this rating system apply to human beings? Aren’t we much more than objects or mathematical equations? Furthermore, when did our opinions of others become fact? Opinion is subjective. How a person sees an event, music, or fashion can be based on many things. One’s history,…
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Post #1: Believing What Others Tell You About Yourself Is a Choice
So, as I said previously in my introduction… I was sitting on the couch when my husband got home from work. He proceeded to walk into the living room, slowly, delaying his arrival to solicit my interest, an irritating habit of his. I asked, “How was your day?” trying to hide my annoyance. “I don’t…