OTHERS' WORDS AND THE POWER WE GIVE THEM
Pic.: Pradeep Nanda Y es, others’ words – no matter how bad, harsh, hurting or offending we keep claiming them to be – have no power to affect us unless we give meaning to those words… Only when we interpret what others say to us… by giving a meaning, making a story around them… yes, it is only then, that the words get their power to affect us… They hurt us… They offend us… They frighten us… They make us angry or offensive… They make us sulk or depressed… But, not until we give life to them! This is one of the very, very valuable lessons we all need to learn in order to keep our mental sanity… I have a long way to go as far as this lesson is concerned… But, I am aware of its value, its need… and, I am very, very earnest to learn it… Just this morning, something said by someone to me sent me out of balance… I believed, that those words were unreasonable, wrong, and carried bad intention to provoke me, belittle me and even frighten m...