Someone offended you. So what? You get to choose how to respond.
What do you do when someone offends you? Do you let it bother you, or do you choose to not be bothered by it?
Most people let it bother them. If they don’t act overtly, they will hold it all in. Something’s gotta give. When they hold it in, they encourage their passive aggressive behavior. It’s best to just choose not to be bothered by it. There are more important things to get to. Wasting your time being offended robs you of the opportunity to do something productive.
I’m going to encourage you to choose the latter. You’ll be much happier and more productive if you do. Life is too short to waste time being offended all the time.
However, there are some things worth fighting for.
Some things that merit attention. But these are few and far between. Understanding our values must come first. We must understand what is important to us. All things cannot be important to us. If EVERYTHING is important, nothing is.
So, when someone offends us, we must ask ourselves if this is something worth getting upset over. If not, let it go and move on with your life. You’ll be much better for it in the long run. Trust me.
When we choose to not be offended by someone or something, we are choosing to not give our scarce energy to that person or event. We can do whatever we want with that conserved energy.
Choosing to not be bothered gives us more time to accomplish our goals.
If you don’t accomplish the goals you set out for yourself, you have no one to blame but yourself.
