Upjourney Piece on People Who Are Easily Offended

It took me a long time to stop taking things personally. I really started working hard on this when I got sober and divorced at age 50. I finally realized that none of our realities is the same.

I cannot possibly know what is going on in someone else’s life. Maybe someone’s behavior is affected by a bad health diagnosis or other bad news. Once I realized that, in most cases, what others do has little or nothing to do with me, I was able to let go of being affected by others’ actions.

Before I came to this realization, I was easily offended when I perceived what other people did as slights, as commentary on my worth.

I am now able to not react immediately but to respond with love and empathy. And my happiness is no longer dependent on others. I am responsible for my own happiness and can find it within myself.

Often those who are easily offended have not worked on themselves and their own happiness. We must let go of what we cannot control in order to be truly happy.

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