Valuable Lessons

I can recall two different stories I read that were true. One was about a young woman in a school dance (probably high school). She had a little trouble with her acne, and she was putting on makeup in the bathroom. A snotty girl came up to her and said, "all the makeup in the world ain't gonna hide that horrible acne, sweetie." The girl who was putting on makeup decided not to take the comment personally, and decided to be happy and have a good time. She caught the eye of this cute guy who asked her to dance.

As it turned out, he used to be the snotty girl's boyfriend.

As they danced, the snotty girl looked angry, and the other girl said, "All the makeup in the world ain't gonna hide that horrible personality, sweetie."

The other involves a high school/junior high girl who had received no valentines on Valentines Day except from her mother, who called her "Mommy's #1 Girl" in the card. A snotty girl laughs and says "Let's hear it for Mommy's #1 girl." But the girl didn't take the comment personally. And she wasn't embarrassed or ashamed of the fact that her mother sent her a valentine saying that, she showed it, most likely, to friends and classmates. Suddenly, a guy, a really cute guy, catches her eye and falls deep in love, having a tender spot for girls who are close-knit with their families. He asks, "will you be my valentine?" She walks out with him, and tells the other girl "I'm not ashamed to love my mother, as you can tell."

The point I'm trying to make is, what do these girls do to get by?

They never take their adversaries seriously or personally. They could choose to wallow in their adversaries' cruel comments and cry and be unhappy, or they simply conclude that that's just the way their adversaries are--nasty.

The girl with acne could have let the opposition's comments bring her down, thus causing a chain reaction letting her not catch the guy's eye in the end and sending off a vibe making her a reject socially, but she chose to have fun instead, thus giving off a good vibe, letting her inner beauty shine through and radiate, giving her outer beauty. And her acne has nothing to do with anything.

The girl with only her mother's valentine, could have let her opposition's comment bring her down. And a valentine from her mother? At her age? For shame! But, no, she didn't think that way at all. She was unashamed to be mommy's #1 girl, and she sent off a good vibe, an inner beauty that radiated and gave her outer beauty, and a cute guy.

I myself have finally decided not to make the mistake of caring anymore what my opposition thinks of me, including my biological mother's cruel husband. Any comments at all are not to be taken personally, for my opposition is simply nasty to everyone, and by nature. I want to show my inner, and thus my outer beauty, and positivity.