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The Snapping Point of Lasting Change

The Snapping Point of Lasting Change and Finding Compassion When People are Petty
The Snapping Point of Lasting Change and Finding Compassion When People are Petty
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The Snapping Point of Lasting Change and Finding Compassion When People are Petty
January 9, 2016

We all have a snapping point and it can change our world when it happens.

I remember the first time I stood up for myself. I was 10. The bully up the street came over and we had just finished wrestling (as boys tend to do). I was done. He wasn’t.

I sat down, tired, and not interested in wrestling anymore. And he came up to me and said, “Come on, let’s wrestle some more.” I was like, “Nope, I’m done. I’m too tired, and don’t want to wrestle anymore.”

He further badgered me, “Come on, let’s wrestle again!”

“No. I don’t want to.”

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Filed Under: Behavior, Beliefs, Human Potential, Negative Emotions, Personal Boundaries Tagged With: anger, boiling point, snapping point

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