User:Average/Bullying
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Hi,
So, you're feeling a little small, a little stupid, ugly maybe. A worthy challenge for anyone growing up. Don't give up on yourself, because you were made perfectly. The problem is that you're born into a diseased and dysfunctional world. And that world distorts you. It is in constant battle for light, life, and love.
The philosopher Heidegger called this your "throwness" -- you're simply thrown into a context which overwhelms and doesn't always make sense.
You know you've got something to offer, that gives you an advantage over the bully who doesn't see that.
Key techniques: Higher Awareness, the Power of Negotiation, Good Strategy, and Providence.
- Higher Awareness: Perhaps you'll have to eat better. an orange (or unpasteurized orange juice) is the best power food. Or, plan better to do that so you can be more aware. Keep your life organized and where it is too much for you to handle, learn to negotiate with your overlords.
- Power of Negotiation: Everyone needs things, and everyone wants things. Learn yours and theirs. More often than not they are the same,
- Good Strategy: Not everyone responds to reason, because problems are deep in the emotional self. Learning about power is an important tool that your parents and teachers are probably using against you right now. Nearly everyone in the world has adapted to a bully in some fashion. You can learn to be the Jedi.
- Providence: Appealing to a higher power. God or the Spirit work best as it's not possible to be higher than those. But sometimes teachers, parents, or the principle is the best answer.
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