your daily rock : shake them off

March 30, 2013 in Daily Rock, General

“When people hurt you over and over, think of them like sandpaper. They may scratch and hurt you a bit, but in the end, you end up polished and they end up useless.” -Anonymous

When we get hurt by others, we have a choice: we can welcome them into our lives and hearts where they can continue to poison us, or we can be thankful we are not them and that we don’t see the world the way they do, we can say a silent “wow,” and then we can let them go.

Shake them off. The weight to carry them along with us is too great.

Love,

(These beautifully painted rocks are created by Kim Mailhot, aka The Rock Fairy.

About Patti Digh

Patti Digh is an author, speaker, and educator who builds learning communities and gets to the heart of difficult topics. Her work over the last three decades has focused on diversity, inclusion, social justice, and living and working mindfully. She has developed diversity strategies and educational programming for major nonprofit and corporate organizations and has been a featured speaker at many national and international conferences.

2 comments to " your daily rock : shake them off "


mpkemk@frontiernet.net

March 31, 2013 AT 8:39PM

Patti, what should we do if they’re a relative?

pattidigh

April 1, 2013 AT 5:33PM

Just because you are in close proximity doesn’t mean you can’t shake them off. We can let people go and still sit beside them.