Nimble or Hard?

People can choose how to treat you, but you choose how you react.

I realized this after my TBI. At first, I was with the mindset of what my mother says, “Let it roll off, like water on a duck’s back.” Then I went a little further in my thoughts. I was thinking how you might be perceived. You might be looked at as a pushover; this is not what I want. Then I thought some more, with clear boundaries you wouldn’t be perceived that way; this just concretes the way you think, to ensure you’re clear on your boundaries. This may be why I try to be concise. 

Have patience. Patience is learned as we grow older and go through obstacles; if life is always played on easy mode we can’t go through tribulations. The tribulations are where we find our resilience. Hard times make hard people; easy times make weak and soft people.

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