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Caught up in the anger.

BodhgayaBodhgaya
edited February 2011 in Buddhism Basics
Namaste.

As you may or may not know, I am a 4th year student in high school. Now, I do not know how these things were when you elder folk or whoever else were in school, but I seem to encounter a lot of angry, vulgar, trash-talking youth where I am. Now, I know not every one this age acts in such manners; chastising others, but I've recently been sucked into a lot of this- I'm surrounded by it almost daily.

My question is, how do you handle situations (that you cannot escape) when people are putting down others because of past events that you care not to talk or hear about, or when someone puts down a kind deed, (such as apologizing for a wrongdoing or accidentally hurting someone)?

Comments

  • TheJourneyTheJourney
    I just accept them how they are. You can choose to look at it as ignorance. They can't help it. They don't know better.
  • genkakugenkaku Northampton, Mass. U.S.A. Veteran
    Hi Bodhgaya. There is only one practical lesson that can be learned from others' mistakes ... or anyway that's my experience. Bad behavior, cruelty, insanity and other confusions are part of the world we live in. We can whine and whimper and ooze religion and raise the banners of opposition and assert our disagreement and ... well do whatever else strikes our fancy. But the only real lesson to be learned is this: Don't YOU do that!
  • BodhgayaBodhgaya
    edited February 2011
    Hehe, good advice.

    I will not do it, and telling them not to do it and that it is 'wrong' does no good, but make me seem like I'm better than that. So I don't do it, I just ask why they think what they do, sometimes.
  • robotrobot Veteran
    The lesson that genkaku pointed to can be acted upon in deciding what type of career to chose. Not all those kids will grow out of their bad behavior. Hopefully you will find a career that attracts like minded folks as you. That is one way to have control over your situation.
  • BodhgayaBodhgaya
    That is true. That is what I hope for, more or less.

    I have grown out of hold friends because I wanted someone more like me, moral wise. I don't mind other differences, but it's becoming in me that I'd rather be around someone who doesn't put me, themselves, or others down often, or just speak harsh things in general.
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