to know when to shut up and when to speak

Isn’t it frdutrating when someone jabs an unnecessary comment towards or about you, and you have to breifly decide if it’s worth stirring up your peace over? Sometimes ignoring them, though we’re told it’s the best thing we can do, only gets them more mad and makes them throw a couple more punches your way. Here’s the solution: let them. The angrier they get, the more it becomes their problem. The less of a problem you are, the more they will just stop.

Whether it’s a bully at school, your boss, your parent, a (not very good) friend, or literally just your sibling, sometimes we need to learn to recognize their words but decide to stay quiet. In those old movies, we were told that sitting down and staying quiet might give them more power, but really, you’re taking power away from them. You become the bigger person by staying seated. Don’t aggrivate them by adding fuel to the fire; you want to always be the end of the argument. That’s how you win. When they have nothing more to say but their actions of humility become stronger than their words, that’s when you won. And people will have respect for you.

Tolerate the intolerable and give yourself the respect you deserve by embracing the humility of others to ensure you humbly remain seated. Do not become those you fear to hate. Hate is not worth it.