10/10/2025
People can hurt you by lashing out, saying mean things, giving you the silent treatment, or acting like you're the problem, not them. Sometimes you have to apologize and "be the bigger person" when you've done nothing wrong to "keep the peace." There's always excuses for their behaviour, like "that's just how they are" or "they've had a hard life" or "they're old and not going to change" or whatever. It doesn't make it right.
If you're told to be the bigger person, perhaps you should stop surrounding yourself with such small people. If you're told to keep the peace, does it make you feel at peace? They say "hurt people hurt people" like that makes it fine; there's those of us that have been hurt that would never want anyone to feel like that, so we don't act like that.
Protect your peace and your heart. You're every bit as important and worthy of considerate and kind behaviour as anyone else! Don't sell yourself short.