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trickykitty) wrote2012-04-14 10:33 am
trickykitty) wrote2012-04-14 10:33 am
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Defense
Defense is about standing up for myself, not about fighting back against others.
It is not my responsibility to make others think what I want them to think, especially about me.
If they want to know why I did something or said something, instead of coming up with their own surmises, they can ask me. (People who are angry don't tend to ask. They tend to assume they are correct. "They" includes me.)
It is not my responsibility to get them to change their mind.
What is my responsibility is knowing why I have done the things I have done and said the things I have said, and be able to stand behind my own thoughts, words, and actions.
An apology is a way to acknowledge that ... (I'll have to think a bit more on this in order to finish this sentence.)
It is not my responsibility to make others think what I want them to think, especially about me.
If they want to know why I did something or said something, instead of coming up with their own surmises, they can ask me. (People who are angry don't tend to ask. They tend to assume they are correct. "They" includes me.)
It is not my responsibility to get them to change their mind.
What is my responsibility is knowing why I have done the things I have done and said the things I have said, and be able to stand behind my own thoughts, words, and actions.
An apology is a way to acknowledge that ... (I'll have to think a bit more on this in order to finish this sentence.)