And in the end, I like to believe I am capable of understanding the place from whence the individual slurring is coming. Because the words will have no effect on me, that I already know, due to the fact that I am personally stronger than the language directed at me. Instead, I prefer to comprehend that there is a particular reasoning, although I may not understand it at the time, behind the words being directed at me. I may understand I am undeserving of the words, but I must also understand that the words might be coming from a place of fear rather than actual anger. The complexities of humanity is that we react negatively to what is negatively projected our way. Rather than retort in such a way, perhaps the better solution is one of understanding than blind senselessness.
"Never trust a fox. Looks like a dog, behaves like a cat."
~ Erin Hunter
~ Erin Hunter