How many of us have been looked down on by others simply because they believed they were better than us. Maybe they had more money, more status or more beauty, and somehow that made them feel they had the right to treat us as less. To them it felt completely acceptable to look down on us. Even when it is not the truth, the anger is real because you feel angry at the disrespect, angry at how you were treated and angry at the way they made you feel small.
I understand. Truly. When I first moved to Australia, I was an Asian woman who could not speak English well, did not fully understand the environment and lived in a place with very few international people. That loneliness was heavy. I received nasty comments and even today some of those memories still sting more than they should. But as I grew, I realised something important. Many people have been made to feel unworthy and almost everyone has met someone who believed they were superior in some way.
And then life changes. One day, you become better in the area they once judged you for. So what. You become better than them, but what happens next. Will you put them down the way they once put you down. The truth is, you will not want to. You will not even want to be near them. Being better than them brings no satisfaction because they were never important to your life. They fade out of your story. You forget them because they were not kind and not worth holding on to.
So why keep choosing anger every time their face or their comment appears in your mind. Do you really need anger as your motivator. Do you want to keep feeding old grudges. Or are you ready to forgive, not for them, but so your heart can move forward. Because whether you hold on or let go, you will still reach where you are meant to go and you will still become the person you dream of becoming. It just takes time. Life is far too short to spend it feeling not enough.
When you finally reach that place, you will realise something powerful. You could have got there with love and passion, not anger, and the journey would have felt much lighter.
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