The ugly truth:

Some people shade their eyes and wax their ears against pejoratives used against them. To those I say, don't shy away from them. Acknowledge the truth behind it, I dare you to do so. For then those words can't be used to hurt you. They won't any longer know where to aim to hurt. Only you can't grant them the power they so relentlessly seek. You may not control their words or the actions that are thrown at you, but you most certainly can control how they make you feel and what you do with them...for you grant them meaning.

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