Inner Strength

I want to talk about this today because my book, The Bully Vaccine is causing a lot of discussion. Most of what I am hearing from people is stories about the pain they endured as children. ----more---- It breaks my heart to hear these stories. It’s the reason I wrote my book. I was immune to bullying as a child so I have no such stories of pain. Sure, I was teased and hassled and had people do mean things to me. But the fact I wasn’t traumatized by what happened to me is not a result of some innate ability to not take things personally. I was taught to not take things personally by my mom. She told me that when people do mean things, it’s because they themselves are in pain and that I should feel compassion for them. And she was right; bullies tend to be miserable people. What many people assume is inner strength, is actually, just the power of knowledge.