Society inflicts hidden wounds on us. Some one of you have been the victims of racial or ethnic prejudice, or of some other form of painful discrimination such us sexism or ageism. You know the discomfort of being laughed at, ignored, not being allowed to fulfill your vocational dreams, just because you are a certain race, sex, or age.
Sometimes those people closest to us inflict the deepest, most painful wounds. Some of you would weep right now, if I touched the tender memory, because of what a father or a mother, a souse, child, lover, employer, or friend did to you.
Other hidden words we inflict on ourselves. We react too negatively to circumstances; we wound ourselves because we take them much too seriously. We read too much into other people’s actions and exaggerate their rejection of us.
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