Just be a little duck, and let all of the negativity roll off your back like tiny beads of water.
This was the advice that my fiance gave me in bed last night as I sobbed into my pillow. It’s true folks, I am pregnant, and the hormones are undoubtedly helping to amplify all of my emotional responses. That said, it has never been easy for me to cope when people say hurtful things to me.
I know that we all go through this, and it isn’t my intention to focus on any particular situation in my own life. I really just need to figure out how to channel these feelings into something positive, or, at least not let them get the best of me.
I’m not sure if it is an increased sensitivity on my part, but, cue the Cindy Lauper because lately I am really seeing some true colors fly. If anything, it just makes me want to try to be a better, kinder, and more understanding person, because those things are really important.
As for right now, I’m going to try to take some good advice, and just let all of the bad stuff roll off my shoulders. This is a wonderful time in my life, and I deserve to enjoy it.
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mel 04.16.09 at 12:09 pm
*hug*
Caity 04.16.09 at 12:20 pm
Hi! I just stumbled across your site today and I love it! Your Flickr photos are gorgeous too. I hope you don’t mind that I add you there.
I love that saying. I think I’ve heard it somewhere before but it always makes me smile. Also, as beautiful as the saying is, it’s nearly impossible sometimes to just not let something hurtful bother you at all. In an ideal world, that’s how it would be, but hurtful words can hurt more than anything sometimes, especially depending on who it comes from.