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juggernaut
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clock them upside the head or swallow your pride and suffer silently while you let them dehumanize you?
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clock them upside the head or swallow your pride and suffer silently while you let them dehumanize you?
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puzzleannie
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who is doing what to whom? how is this a spirituality issue?
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Irishmom2
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Well come on now.
You know that there has to be more ways to respond than the two options you offered…
How about just listening and then assuring them that they must be misunderstanding something? Or maybe just saying not to worry, you are offering it up to God?
You know that there has to be more ways to respond than the two options you offered…
How about just listening and then assuring them that they must be misunderstanding something? Or maybe just saying not to worry, you are offering it up to God?
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reen12
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FWIW, an author, in the last century, did note that the seeming goal - of some in our society -
is to render the rest of us “…fit subjects for their odius compassion.”
A wonderfully expressed observation, I thought.
reen12
is to render the rest of us “…fit subjects for their odius compassion.”
A wonderfully expressed observation, I thought.
reen12
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juggernaut
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context is how to respond to people who harmed me grieviously and are now taking pity on me to feel good about themselves. what would be the charitable thing to do? simply tell them how unjustly they have treated me or to hold my peace and do nothing. i’ve been putting up with this for a long time and am absolutely furious.
nm, this is complicated issue more i think about it. ignore this thread.
nm, this is complicated issue more i think about it. ignore this thread.
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MarianD
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I know how you feel. Sometimes I want to kill people (literally) for the things they say about me, about my family, about Mother Mary, or about God.
But just remember. When Christ, He Who is God Himself, was getting spit on, getting mocked, getting sentenced to die for telling the truth, receiving a painful death, and watching His Mother and His loved ones cry, what did He say? “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”
If Christ can have such mercy and forgiveness, then so can we. Pray that He grants you patience and the ability to forgive. Then you’ll be able to cope with your issues.
But just remember. When Christ, He Who is God Himself, was getting spit on, getting mocked, getting sentenced to die for telling the truth, receiving a painful death, and watching His Mother and His loved ones cry, what did He say? “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”
If Christ can have such mercy and forgiveness, then so can we. Pray that He grants you patience and the ability to forgive. Then you’ll be able to cope with your issues.
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TheQuestioner
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Pray for them.
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AlanFromWichita
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juggernaut,
I think this is a very interesting issue, and I hope we can “unignore” the thread.
With that, I’ll hold off a bit before posting any advice. I’m going to let it “cook” a while and get back to check this thread later.
Alan
I think this is a very interesting issue, and I hope we can “unignore” the thread.
With that, I’ll hold off a bit before posting any advice. I’m going to let it “cook” a while and get back to check this thread later.
Alan
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CDNowak
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Generally speaking, I would go with telling them how they have harmed you. It makes it easier for you to forgive and gives them an opportunity to correct their behavior.
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