I often find it interesting how people react when I speak openly about being treated badly, especially when I post about it on Facebook. What strikes me most is that the anger I receive rarely seems to come from the actions themselves, but from the fact that I have dared to point them out. Yet, in my mind, the truth is simple: if the poor treatment had not happened, I would have had nothing to write about. My words are not an attack, but a reflection of what I have experienced.
This leads me to wonder—why is the messenger so often blamed, while the behavior that caused the message is ignored? If we believe in honesty, accountability, and integrity, shouldn’t people take responsibility for how they treat others? Why is it easier to get angry at the one who speaks than to look inward and consider the actions that gave rise to those words?
For me, the act of writing is not about revenge or humiliation. It is about truth, about giving voice to my feelings rather than suppressing them. To remain silent would be to deny my own experience, and that is something I cannot do. I believe that if someone wishes not to be spoken of for having caused hurt, the answer lies not in silencing me, but in treating others with kindness and respect from the start.
In the end, I return to a simple principle: we are each responsible for our own actions. If we treat others well, there will be nothing negative to say. But if we treat others poorly, then perhaps the discomfort we feel when the truth is spoken is not with the words themselves, but with the mirror they hold up to us.
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