Be Easily Offended

Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it. – Rene Descartes

We should be too big to take offense, and too noble to give it. – Abraham LincolnMiserable people take offense. If you say something, it offends them. If you don’t say something, it offends them. They’re mad when someone tries to help, and they’re mad when someone doesn’t. They’re even offended when someone is trying to make amends! They’re offended if someone apologizes too late, too quickly, or not enough. (They might even be offended if someone writes a book about being miserable. Uh-oh.) The happiest people in the world refuse to be offended by everyone and everything. That’s just too much work. They forgive quickly because they know they need forgiveness from others.