Surely, we've all been occasional subjects or targets of unnecessary comments or remarks (read: crap) from people who are either a) tactless and/or insensitive - there's a very thin line separating the two b) insecure c) bitter - I guess envious and jealous people will fall under this adjective as well or d) worse, a combination of any of the above. Oh well, let's give these "pitiful" people the benefit of the doubt - due sympathies should be given as well. As discombobulating as this may sound, the initial assumption here is these people are usually just plain tactless - meaning, they don't really mean any harm. O nga naman, we're all guilty of saying stupid things at the spur of the moment. For as long as it's not abusingly repetitive in nature and so long as it's not something that we strongly feel about or it doesn't cross the "below the belt" standard then it's not something worth giving much thought or time of the day and energy for that matter. Most people hit or victims of such comments or remarks are quick to retaliate in the heat of the moment. I really don't think stooping to the level of these people is going to do us any good. Hate and bitterness will only consume us and worst, we unconsciously become like them - yikes! Although no matter how petty or small, whether intentional or not, such comments are most likely going to hit us real hard. It's not going to be pretty. It's going to hurt badly. Egos, prides and feelings are going to be stepped on. But really sometimes it's just best to just let it go, to shrug it off, to walk away, to laugh it off. Pretend to be ignorant (sometimes even more than we already are - for some people anyway hehe). We can't get affected all the time otherwise everyday is going to be a bad day - we'd only feel miserable. It's not worth all the hassle. It will only dampen our spirits making us feel miniscule and inferior. People can say what they want to say but at the end of the day, we know ourselves more than anybody else. We decide who we are and the person that we want to become.
