Do you find yourself taking offense at anything? I used to feel offended so often. And then, with my deciding to have a personal practice of nonviolence, I realized that taking offense felt like self-violence. Why? Because feeling offended felt like a kind of anger and upset that was the result of me thinking my opinions and judgments were right and that other people were wrong.
Taking offense feels like part hurt, and part anger and upset.
Taking offense is a choice – I don’t have to take offense.
AND often when people do choose to take offense, myself included, we don’t always tell the person we think has offended us. Instead, we choose to simmer and stew and make ourselves miserable with it.
Honestly, that just didn’t feel self-loving to me. It felt like a kind of violence I was directing at myself and I decided to stop it. My life got a whole lot better.
Can you relate?
Do you have a habit of taking offense?
Would you be willing to Love yourself enough to stop it?
Taking offense is like saying yes to: inflammation and aging.
It’s just not worth it! Spread the word and be a living demonstration that compassion is the path of greater happiness!
We’re waking up together and I’m so grateful for that! If you’re finding what I’m sharing to be helpful won’t you please share at Facebook and twitter to let others know? Thank you!
