Thin skinned people are always hurting!

I found out that someone was really letting me have it behind my back the other day. I am told that I was called about every name in the book by this person. The person who told me about it is a friend and he was steamed about what this person had said about me. He was incredulous that I merely laughed about it when he told me. When he asked me why I was laughing about it, instead of being boiling mad about it, I asked him if he liked everyone he knows. “I cannot say that I do”, he admitted. “Neither do I”, said I.

Logically not everyone is going to like everyone and as far as I am concerned that is the end of the story. If I do not like everyone, how could I reasonably expect everyone to like me? There are those who consider me to be a friend and those who do not care for me and I am fine with it because that is exactly the same way that I feel. This person was wrong to “blow” about it to anyone who was willing to listen, (and would be one reason I would not care for him); however he is entitled to his poor opinion of me.

If you care deeply about every little thing said about you, I can guarantee that you are setting yourself up for a fall. “Thin skinned’ people are always hurting. Thick skinned people can let personal attacks and criticisms roll off their back like raindrops falling off a duck’s back and don’t give it a second thought if someone does not like them.

I admit that in my younger days I would have addressed this person with fists, but today I just laugh about it. Hmmm I cannot honestly say I wouldn’t enjoy popping him in the mouth with a right hook. Just when I think I might be gaining some maturity, I revert back to my old ways. Oh well at least it is just vicarious these days…

Eccl. 7:21
Also do not take to heart
everything people say,
Lest you hear your servant
cursing you.
For many times also, your own
heart has known
That even you have
cursed others.