“When another person makes you suffer, it is
because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over.
He does not need punishment; he needs help. That's the message he is sending.”
― Thích Nhất Hạnh
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it was a bad moment
the words hurt
the attitude hurt
the behavior infuriated
I felt small
And rejected
and all those old thoughts
of “I am not enough”
surfaced
I wanted to strike back
I wanted to find a way
to diminish them, the way they had diminished me
and then the thought came
fleeting and weak
and then it came again
“how would I have to feel, to behave that like?”
“how have I felt, when I have behaved like that?”
(for I have had moments when I behaved, badly)
and in a moment
in the twinkling of an eye
all was changed
(and tried very hard not to pass it on)
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