I was surprised today by a message someone sent me that
clearly was intended to hurt my feelings.
Something unexpected happened: I was not offended, much less hurt; in fact,
it made me laugh. Its content was so
juvenile that it surprised me. I had
been agonizing over the situation I was in with this individual, and then
he dropped a little bomb on me that bounced.
And bounced and bounced. It was
funny. I felt a weight was lifted off my
chest; I could breathe. The escape hatch opened, and I stepped through with ease into a space where the light was shining all around me and I
was free to move on. His note was my
vehicle.
Suddenly, the author of this message was in my rear view
mirror – very small and distant, insignificant – and he had no further effect on my
emotions. It was as if I had just spent
the last month with my feet stuck in mud only to have been pulled out of my
shoes and sent rocketing into my future in one movement. I was flying; I was free.
It was a gift he gave me – a little accidental gift, borne of malice – that
brought light to what started as a very dark day. He has no idea just how glad I am.
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