I feel sad. For many reasons. Starving children in the world, racism, the rainforest (and other trees around the world) being torn down, death, bullying...
The biggest one being bullying.
The reason why I put bullying after death, is because I honestly believe it's worse. I've been bullied for most of my life. Ever since I was a kid.
I never understood why. I don't think I ever did anything bad to anyone or spoke ill of anyone. I kept myself to myself, didn't really harass anyone. People still thought it was ok to pick on me, take advantage of me and generally just be rude. And I, like a fool, thought it was my fault. I started to believe that there must be something wrong with me for people to pick on me like that. And it happened at every school I went to. So naturally I thought it had to be me.
Then I started college. The best two years of my life. Then uni. The best three years of my life. And I realised that it wasn't me. It was them. The bullies. They were either jealous or just thought it was fun. Or maybe they were bored. I was still dealing with a lot of the inferiority issues (10 years of bullying doesn't just go away as I found out!) from my bullying days but it was getting better.
Bullying happens all the time. Everywhere. But the worst thing is when you're bullied by someone close to you. You wouldn't think it happens but it does. A lot. Your partner, mother, father, brother, sister etc. These are the people you think might be closest to you. But it does happen where people are bullied by these very relations; and it can come in a variety of ways. Forcing someone to do something they're uncomfortable with, constantly putting someone down, making them feel inferior to you, taking someone for granted. These are a few things which I think can almost mentally torture a person and make them want to kill themselves because death is better than constantly enduring someone's taunts and feeling like you're about six inches tall. And it's worse when it comes from someone you feel close to or love.
My advice? Don't let anyone put you down. Ever. If they're trying to do it, it means they're jealous of your personality, your nature. They can't stand the fact that you can also do something, and do it better than them. Continue to show them that you can be better. They're probably just trying to hold you back, make you feel like you're worthless so you'll give up, leaving a chance open for them.
Bullies are just big scaredy cats (I can't believe I just wrote "scaredy cats"!) who think that making someone else feel worthless will make themselves feel good about themselves. It's quite a sad state of mind to have and they need help.
Find your peace and happiness within yourself and you'll find that you can deal with these people, whether they're strangers, work colleagues or loved ones, much more easily. That could be in a song, or a season, a flower or a piece of chocolate. Whatever it is that makes you feel good, do it! And always remember; there's nothing wrong with you. It's them. It's always them.
The biggest one being bullying.
The reason why I put bullying after death, is because I honestly believe it's worse. I've been bullied for most of my life. Ever since I was a kid.
I never understood why. I don't think I ever did anything bad to anyone or spoke ill of anyone. I kept myself to myself, didn't really harass anyone. People still thought it was ok to pick on me, take advantage of me and generally just be rude. And I, like a fool, thought it was my fault. I started to believe that there must be something wrong with me for people to pick on me like that. And it happened at every school I went to. So naturally I thought it had to be me.
Then I started college. The best two years of my life. Then uni. The best three years of my life. And I realised that it wasn't me. It was them. The bullies. They were either jealous or just thought it was fun. Or maybe they were bored. I was still dealing with a lot of the inferiority issues (10 years of bullying doesn't just go away as I found out!) from my bullying days but it was getting better.
Bullying happens all the time. Everywhere. But the worst thing is when you're bullied by someone close to you. You wouldn't think it happens but it does. A lot. Your partner, mother, father, brother, sister etc. These are the people you think might be closest to you. But it does happen where people are bullied by these very relations; and it can come in a variety of ways. Forcing someone to do something they're uncomfortable with, constantly putting someone down, making them feel inferior to you, taking someone for granted. These are a few things which I think can almost mentally torture a person and make them want to kill themselves because death is better than constantly enduring someone's taunts and feeling like you're about six inches tall. And it's worse when it comes from someone you feel close to or love.
My advice? Don't let anyone put you down. Ever. If they're trying to do it, it means they're jealous of your personality, your nature. They can't stand the fact that you can also do something, and do it better than them. Continue to show them that you can be better. They're probably just trying to hold you back, make you feel like you're worthless so you'll give up, leaving a chance open for them.
Bullies are just big scaredy cats (I can't believe I just wrote "scaredy cats"!) who think that making someone else feel worthless will make themselves feel good about themselves. It's quite a sad state of mind to have and they need help.
Find your peace and happiness within yourself and you'll find that you can deal with these people, whether they're strangers, work colleagues or loved ones, much more easily. That could be in a song, or a season, a flower or a piece of chocolate. Whatever it is that makes you feel good, do it! And always remember; there's nothing wrong with you. It's them. It's always them.
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