Healing from Hurts
Humans are, for the most part, wrapped up in their own small worlds. This is logical, as we don't have the unlimited energy and attention it would take to care about the whole big world. Our own daily concerns are enough to keep us fully occupied. One consequence of our tendency to focus on ourselves is that we often say and do things which hurt other people. Most of these hurts are slight and easily attributed to carelessness rather than malice. But sometimes, malice becomes evident. Usually it takes a few incidents for us to understand that someone means us harm. We will overlook and rationalize until we come to a point where we have to admit that someone is actively working against us. If that someone is a person we know and trust, we can be completely knocked over. When close friends, family members, and long-time colleagues reveal another side of their nature, we can doubt our own judgment or wonder if we are to blame. What follows will be different in every case. Sometimes a ...
