How to Weather the Storms of Intolerance in School

You've been pushed around in more ways than one in school.


Other kids look at you funny, they make fun of you, they pick on you and they make you wish you had never been born.


And why?  


There is no reasoning that excuses their treatment of you, but why they have singled you out is probably as simple as something you already know:  You are different.


At one point in my life, I was there - right where you are, and  I know it is not easy; I know it is very hard.



How did I overcome?  First, I thought about what it is they sense that threatens them.  Was I smarter, kinder, well mannered, more sensitive, more honest, more hard working, or more reverent than they were?


After thinking about it and finding my own answer, I asked my self a question that you should ask your self, "Do I go on being me, or do I let those mean kids change who I am supposed to be?"


This is about your life.  You have the ability (even amidst those mean kids) to be happy.  


You don't have to resort to drastic-permanent measures because you can do something much easier, better and much more proactive:


You can choose to remain true to yourself, and to heck with those mean kids.   Weathering the storms of their intolerance will insure that one day you will be able to rise above them all with a more beautiful spirit.


You don't need their approval to find happiness.  You have friends... keep them close and be proud of who you are.