Let's face it, the world has more than its fair share of jerks and outright "scumbags". It'd be delusional to say it doesn't imo, and I believe it is NOT helpful to judge ourselves or anyone for feeling fed up with ongoing bad behavior, gross injustice, cruelty, etc.
However, what can we do about it?
* Learning to be assertive in productive ways
* Setting better boundaries
* Having the courage to live by our values
* Volunteering or other activities that make the world better and give us a sense of meaning, competency and accomplishment. (But, it has to be some kind of service that makes sense to us personally, not just random "being nice" because someone else says so).
I have trouble with this too. I utterly despise cruelty, bullying behavior, and people acting in a condescending or domineering manner, for example. My problem is, I put up with this nonsense too much and then bottle up my feelings about it due to fear. PLEASE, everyone, do not do that!!
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