In older wars decades ago, teenagers as young as 16 or 15 I believe, left their families, jumped off planes, stormed beaches, risked their lives, and now, teens are complaining about bad rumors of them being spread. Of course, back then teens did dangerous things to survive.
However, if we continue to let what others do affect our lives what will we become? Even as I'm writing this, I know there will be some who are offended or just a little bothered by my approach on this subject. I believe that in order to move on in life, we don't have to be feeling-less corpses, we just have to realize that words only affect us if we allow them to. Please share your thoughts about my thoughts. I'm really interested on your opinions of this subject.
I get what your saying Natalia, but some people can't help being brought up in a sheltered household. Not everyone can have thick skin either, some are simply sensitive. However, they'll eventually make it to the real world and perhaps they'll learn to get thicker skin or they'll continue to sulk in the hurt feelings. For some people words are stronger than sticks and bones, especially when it's a low blow or has some truth to it. Besides, the kids of this century compared to the ones during the war decade differ greatly. The kids then had different priorities and the way they were brought contrast to us 20th and 21st century kids. We're the kids who have the most exposure to technology such as our phones and things such as cyber bullying are more relevant to us. So some will be more sensitive than others and I feel like we as humans in general should just be considerate of the things we say. Because at the end of the day rude, cruel, and ignorant things do not have to be said.
ReplyDeleteI get what you're saying and sometimes people can blow what others say out of proportion. I do know that some people are brought up differently than others and can be more sensitive or defensive. We shouldn't be afraid to speak about what we think or believe just because someone might get offended. However, some people speak out on subjects that they know nothing about, which causes others to argue and get defensive, which they should. I think we should be considerate of others while exposing truth to them or while trying to gain a better understanding of something. People can't heal if we come at them in a hurtful manner.
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