Saturday, January 26, 2013

Fascinating beings we are....


We can literally hear WONDERFUL, POSITIVE feedback and accolades about ourselves EVERY day....
But ONE NEGATIVE JAB....ONE LONE INSULT...(from some 'crazy', small town bumpkin actually!)...
and we throw veritable lifetimes of positive feedback out the window...just like that...
and choose ONLY to believe the ONE NEGATIVE....
What's up with that ?
Why on earth would that be our reaction ?
And this is a broad based problem...
Seldom will you come across a person with such a SOLID, on-point view of themselves,,,
that NO SOUR WORDS can EVER crack a dent in their esteem and honor....
But more often than not,,,,
the VICTIM of a LONE INSULT will fall to their knees in despair about the shallow, 
non-profundity which was proffered...(actually HURLED,,,, at them earlier!)
Why ?

IS IT ALL RELATIVE ?

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