Taming the snark
In the dharma talk today, the zen teacher said to leave the slights with the people who offered them, because it is their pain.
I thought of this yesterday as I encountered someone who never has enough opportunities to say unkind things to me. I encountered it the other day when someone wrote a snarky reply to a Facebook post. You sort of know this but it is a good reminder – if someone is deliberately hurting you, it is because they feel pain.
And if someone is unintentionally hurting you, it is because they are numb to your existence.
Isn’t it high time for a little tenderness?