It's your first day of kindergarten and your parents are so excited to drop you off and document this incredible milestone not just in your life, but in theirs. Head held high, bowl haircut freshly shaped, and your Spongebob Squarepants lunchbox in hand you step into your first real classroom, ready to be that grown up you loved pretending you were. All of a sudden, your confidence comes to an abrupt halt as Brett the Bully shoves you to the ground, staining your favorite Target skirt in yesterday's spilled ketchup. Instantly, you burst into tears as his little minion's point and laugh at your humiliation.
Years go by and you don't forget moments like these. They are your first interactions with what the world likes to call "bullying." People go from bullies to meanies, to jerks, to dicks, to assholes, to bitches. Bullying doesn't end, only the childish connotation does. They still exist. Bullies are people who act out their own insecurities and project them onto other people who are are "easy victims."
There are various psychological explanations as to why bullies are who they are. But there is no excuse. Something might explain their actions, but it certainly does not excuse it.
Spreading rumors, petty comments, jabbing at people's insecurities, malicious backstabbing, that's a bully. Stop letting them get to you. Bullies don't end, they don't disappear into oblivion as the world goes on. They only worsen, their morals are clearly skewed as a result of poor parenting. The minions they collect who laugh like hyenas behind them are people they have manipulated into thinking they're the leaders. Bullies are not leaders, they never have been and they never will be. They are lazy, pathetic, and laughable.
Bullies are people with severe confidence issues who cannot wrap their heads around any other feelings but their own. Rarely do they ever succeed, because a bully does not like to be ordered around--they like to order people around.
Brush the bullies off your shoulders, I promise down the line when they're balding, sad, and alone you'll thank karma for taking care of business.
