No Offense Taken. Really
I am always amazed how much needless drama we create for ourselves and for others around us by taking things personally. You know how it goes. Someone says or does something that hits a nerve. We take offense and say something back. Something spur-of-the-moment, intended to injure. A vicious cycle is born. Or maybe we don’t respond at all and instead silently seethe. The poisons build within, fed by our inner diatribe – She’s got some nerve! He’s so inconsiderate! What a jerk