Every person in this world is an individual which means a self sustaining unit in and of itself. We all have our goods and bads. We all are winners in some aspects and losers in some other. But whether a winner or a loser we all ought to be respected for who we are, for without losers around, winners dont have any importance.
I just happened to witness an incident today where somebody got yelled at badly for making one small insignificant mistake. If this person wished they could have very easily fought back and insulted the one who was trying to show off. But rather this person chose to hold their tongue and get on with life. Why did this person not fight back? Why did they swallow the bitter pill and give this bully the satisfaction of even smirking? That's because this person has a lot more grace than the bully. What this person did was respect the individual in this bully and chose not to insult it by giving a nasty reply.
On the other hand what this bully ended up doing was lose their stand and respect in the eyes of the people who witnessed the whole scene. All those eyes who saw what happened and all those ears who heard the mean words had only one thing going through their heads - what a meanie. But the person who chose to smile through all this nonsense melted the hearts of a lot of people and won them over.
That's what happens. We believe that the one who does the bullying is the stronger one. But no, I dont think so. I believe it's far more difficult to stand in the face of adversity and maintain graceful silence. If I had been in this person's position I for sure would have shot back equally nasty comments. But not this person. This one chose to stay silent and do the difficult thing instead of taking the easy way out. Now that's ought to be respected.
I just happened to witness an incident today where somebody got yelled at badly for making one small insignificant mistake. If this person wished they could have very easily fought back and insulted the one who was trying to show off. But rather this person chose to hold their tongue and get on with life. Why did this person not fight back? Why did they swallow the bitter pill and give this bully the satisfaction of even smirking? That's because this person has a lot more grace than the bully. What this person did was respect the individual in this bully and chose not to insult it by giving a nasty reply.
On the other hand what this bully ended up doing was lose their stand and respect in the eyes of the people who witnessed the whole scene. All those eyes who saw what happened and all those ears who heard the mean words had only one thing going through their heads - what a meanie. But the person who chose to smile through all this nonsense melted the hearts of a lot of people and won them over.
That's what happens. We believe that the one who does the bullying is the stronger one. But no, I dont think so. I believe it's far more difficult to stand in the face of adversity and maintain graceful silence. If I had been in this person's position I for sure would have shot back equally nasty comments. But not this person. This one chose to stay silent and do the difficult thing instead of taking the easy way out. Now that's ought to be respected.
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