We all get our feelings hurt. It’s part of being human, and alive.
But the way I used to feel when someone hurt my feelings was desperate, ashamed, anxious to please, worried, and self-critical.
I’d also feel incredibly upset with the one who hurt me.
I’d feel angry with that person, or afraid, and equally as critical of them as I was of me.
I’ll never forget one time I felt horribly hurt.
It was my very first job after graduating from college. My boss was generally a kind man. He was my parent’s generation, and I saw him as an authority figure. He was the director of a college, and I was the undergraduate student advisor.
One day, he called me into his office, which was right next door.
“You need to stop talking so much with the students.”
I felt sick to my stomach. (Notice that phrase “sick to my stomach” about feeling hurt and criticized).
After work, I ate from the doorstep of my job all the way through the streets to my apartment.
I share today how you could view the ones who hurt you, and experience peace, instead of “sick to your stomach” by emotionally eating.
Peace,
Grace