They say that only takes offense when no offense was meant, and that those who take offense when offense is meant are even greater fools. I might expand this bit of wisdom to include other negative emotions, like anger and frustration. Often, those who frustrate us don't intend to, and thus should be forgiven, and those who do intend to anger or frustrate others don't deserve the satisfaction of succeeding. No matter what the sources of our hard feelings meant or didn't mean, we should try to let go of such negative feelings as quickly as possible. Either to forgive those who intended no wrong or to spite the trolls who attempt to provoke us, the best course of action is to let it go.
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Sometimes people hurt or offend or frustrate us without intending to or even without doing anything wrong. The hurt may be from a difference of perspectives, sensivity on our part, or misunderstanding.
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