…then you are easily controlled.
This is so true.
People that are being provoked are everywhere!
Including myself yesterday.
Which lead to the last post.
What other people think & do is of little concern to me.
Everyone is on their own path and has an infinite amount of reasons for why they are heading in a certain direction.
Nobody is on the same path.
Nobody has the same set of reasons.
You can only concentrate on & rationalise your own journey.
This doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t be nice to people, be generous & be humane. You should.
But…
Do not let yourself get provoked.
Especially when it is just words.
Words cannot harm you unless you let them (‘sticks & stones’).
It is entirely up to you how you react to words.
Do not get provoked.
It is like a form of bullying.
Bullies are trying to get a reaction. Trying to provoke. Trying to control you.
So if you know this form of bullying isn’t going to physical (‘sticks & stones’) e.g. Facebook post, a Tweet, an article etc
Then you know it cannot harm you.
Don’t react.
Only you can give those words ‘power’ to affect you.
Don’t be provoked.
Don’t be controlled.