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The Gift of Insults

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Cass Carlopio
Sleep Expert, Psychologist & Meditation
This is a zen story about learning to handle the "gifts" that people give you.
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Beth
Gift of Insults
I choose what gifts I receive. I was grateful for autonomy this morning which turns out to be very fitting. The “gifts” that people try to give me are not mine unless I “accept” them. The gifts belong to the giver without acceptance through the way I react.
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Linda
Gifts of Insults
I like the message in this story. Insults can only hurt you if you take them in. I worked with a person I greatly admired for his ability to not take things personally. I think he just ignored the insults. I learned to think about what might be going on with the person and that helped give some distance whether I figured it out or not.
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Kenira
Insults
A lot of the times we get hurt because we allow it. Let’s be so in tune with ourselves that we avoid getting hurt. This story is so powerful! “If someone gotten you a gift that you didn’t want, to whom the gift belongs”. This story got me thinking on the many occasions I didn’t stay still to refuse the GIFT. Life is a constant learning experience, either positive or negative. It’s a journey on becoming a better version of yourself.
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Debb
The Gift of Insults
“If someone comes to give you a gift and you do not receive it, to whom does the gift belong?” Perhaps my mind is working a bit slowly this morning. It took me a minute to understand this quote in relation to the story. But once the light 💡 went on, I realized this was a great reminder that we do not have to accept the negativity of others. In the culture we are living in today, this story is a gift to accept and hold close. 🌺🦋🌺
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Kathryn
Accepting negativity
If we accept negativity, then we will have let that mindset control us. We are able to not accept negativity, without giving it back to others.
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Cam
Day 4 continued
I don’t have to let the outside world, pressure, expectation and fear impede me and those around me. It is one thing to take in the stressor and not spit it back out. But another to let it come and go.
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Matthew
So? What?
Don't let others get under your skin? Or into your head? Seems legit, if difficult.
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Apple
Know your self
If you know yourself enough and you know you don’t deserve what is being thrown at you...you will never be affected,or as the saying goes you never put a good man down.
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Naomi
Gift of Insults
I learned that by not accepting or responding to an insult you are taking away its power to harm you.
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Susan
The Gift of Insults
Remember that even if it does not feel like a gift, treat it as if it is. Everything can benefit you. Just look for the lesson.
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Kathy
A gift 🎁
Whenever something is brought to be given to us, we have the ability to either accept or refuse that which has been brought. If the gift is something positive, genuinely meant to be good for us, we can happily accept it and it then belongs to us. Alternatively, if someone brings unpleasantness, unkindness, meanness, thoughtlessness, a gift negative or hurtful to us in any way, we can ignore the gift and refuse to take possession. Once refused, the gift still belongs to the “giver” and we remain free, in tune, unaffected by the gift and untethered to it in any way. That is the gift that we can give ourselves; the freedom of response in our own favor.
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