“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

I think about this quote a lot, and personally, I think its a complete load of crap – excuse my English. I understand the meaning behind it, but any normal human being with “feelings” gets hurt when someone else speaks ill of or to them, it is just how we work. So the real question is, once something is said that hurts us, where do we go from that point?

Everyone handles conflict different in their lives and that’s part of what makes us all different in this world. Some people will cry themselves to sleep at night, remembering the words that hurt them and playing the moment over and over in their head. Others will grow from the moment, learn to swallow what was said (if it happened to have been the truth) and understand that maybe the one that needs change is themselves. No matter how we choose to deal with the negativity, there is one thing stays constant: we will always remember that moment, the words, and the person who decided to spit it out of their face.

-A