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| Written by Don Shetterly |
To say these things to anyone is very harmful and shows you know very little about what someone is going through. It is degrading and toxic. It is spitting in their face from what they are going through in their life.
Why people do this, I'll never understand! It is far from human and just about as mean as one could get. It is almost like someone is trying to push you over the cliff thinking they are doing something good for you. With friends like this, who needs enemies!
We don't know how to respect one another...
Yes, I understand that in this day and age, we have no clue what it means to be human. We don't know how to respect one another. We don't know how to have compassion and love for one another.
All we seem to know how to do is spout off nonsense and tear each other apart. We have no concept of what empathy means or compassion. We just have to force our beliefs and opinions of what we think is helpful on to every person around us. This is not being human. It is far from that concept!
Often times we tell others what we should be telling ourselves. Yet, we're so unconscious that we can't even see what we are doing. What comes out of our mouth is not meant to be toxic poison on another person. It is meant for us to say to ourselves or reconcile to what is truly helpful.
Two Ears and ONE mouth...
We were given one mouth and two ears. We should really use them in an appropriate amount but for some reason, we as humans in this world think that we have to talk twice as much as we listen. This could not be further from the truth.
When someone is going through a difficult moment, it is not up to you to have the answers. Sometimes just listening to them can be the biggest help. By listening to them, I mean using your ears more than your mouth. Sorry, if this sounds harsh, but it is time we had some wake-up calls in this world.
Heaping more stress on someone...
Saying BUCK UP or MAN UP does nothing for anyone. You just end up heaping a little more stress on a person when you do this. You should that you're not that compassionate and you really don't care about what they are going through. You are more interested in telling them what YOU think they should do.
Telling someone to BUCK UP or MAN UP is like hitting them with a car, then backing up and driving over them again. If you don't think it is as harmful as this, try going through a very difficult ordeal in your life and see what it feels like when someone does this to you.
We've got to learn how to be more compassionate with people. We are past the point of no return and every day we share and retweet what we do, we're proving that beyond a shadow of a doubt. Every time we tell others what we think as if it was the truth, we're degrading all of humanity into something that means nothing.
It isn't all the other people out there with the problem. It is each one of us and how we react, what we share and say to people we know and the world that is the problem. Let's talk from our heart with love, not scream words our ego dictates to us. If we change how we communicate and how we see others, we will improve the world many times over.
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