Bullied

Let me tell you a personal story then I'll share my best advice with you.

I was 16 and just about to spend the month of July at the glider club. They called it Glider Camp and I had been looking forward to it for a whole year.

What more could I've asked for, a month at the airstrip with just flying, flying, flying!

I started my flight training at 15 and during the camp I would have the opportunity to become a licensed pilot.

Painful Memories

There were just a handful of youngsters spending the full month at the club, so we knew each other pretty well. One afternoon, a so called friend did something that really hurt my feelings, it's a painful memory that I've carried with me until now.

Just before the camp took off, mom had bought me a pair of white sneakers that I was going to use for flying. What the guy did came like a total surprise to me, I had never before experienced anything like it at the glider club.

Hurt Feelings

He grabbed one of my sneakers from my room and brought it to the kitchen. There he put it on a plate, sliced up some cucumber, arranged the slices over the shoe laces and squeezed plenty of ketchup and mustard on top - then he stuck it in the micro.

Later on, he handed me the plate with the greasy sneaker. It really hurt to be treated like that. He had damaged my trainer and now I didn't have any shoes for flying. I had hardly used them, but had no choice but to throw them in the garbage.

I'm sure most of you share similar experiences of bullying. I've learned to let go of unpleasant feelings and thoughts, so episodes like this doesn't trouble me anymore. You can learn to let go too!

Your True Worth

Let me point out a few things. There's something nobody can never take away from you and that's your true worth. No matter what they say or think about you, it won't affect your true worth. Even the opinion of a million people doesn't change who you truly are - remember that.

Best of luck!

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