How to Stop Insults Getting to You

Today at a glance:

• How Much We Know 🤏

• We All Make Mistaks ❌

• Deep Roots Weather Storms 🌳

• Journal Prompts 📝

  • Could You Write a WISER Newsletter? 📨

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes, 1 seconds

🤏 How Much You Know About Someone’s Situation

The individual that called me a “dope” may well have a deep hatred for individuals that miss a typo when proofreading emails.

Or they might just have a lot of other things going on in their life, and voicing their frustration to someone who sends free weekly emails is their way of releasing some of that frustration or stress.

I imagine it’s more that latter than the former.

As such, I try to keep this visual in mind:

There is always more going on in someone’s life than we are aware of.

In this instance, I feel sorry that I caused them such frustration by accidentally sending a typo, but I also recognise that they’re likely angrier at something else.

Ultimately, I feel compassion for that person.

📝 How can you be compassionate when someone aims to hurt you?

❌ We All Make Mistaks Mistakes

The second thing that I have to recognise is that we all make mistakes.

You, reading this, will also make mistakes.

It happens to everyone - even the world’s best.

Only this week, we have seen the remarkable athlete Simone Biles take a step off the balance beam resulting in a 5th place finish.

(Congrats to her on her numerous other medals this Olympics). 😅

When we do slip-up, it’s valuable to recognise that we’ve made a mistake, but ensure that we don’t live in that negativity.

There’s little value in bullying yourself.

Instead, give yourself grace, and press on.

📝 What can you do to remind yourself of this when you make a mistake?

🌳 Have Strong Roots

“Dope” is just the tip of the iceberg.

Over the last 2 years of building online, I have called a number of hurtful names.

But they don’t get to me at all.

Why?

Because I know who I am.

I have spent a sizeable amount of time getting to know myself.

Through journaling, prayer and reading about who God says I am in the Bible, I have come to understand my identity.

Sure, I made a mistake, but I’m certainly not a “dope”.

By getting to know yourself too, you can have firm foundations that aren’t shaken when someone says something hurtful to you.

📝 Do you know who you are? What helps you to know yourself?

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Thanks,
Michael

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