Sometimes we have to deal with intimidation and manipulation in our lives. As unpleasant as it may be, if we decide to be ourselves-we usually end up doing what is right and the offending person(s) usually gains nothing but the fact he or she needs to focus more on reconciliatory activities than adversarial activities.

There are people in this world who make a living being argumentative-those people are usually lawyers or people who tend to hire the most argumentative and adversarial ones they can find.

In the past, I let such people upset me. I let them take away my power and strength to not respond or to respond in only a cooperative way. I would also become argumentative and adversarial.

Maybe I’m too old for that kind of activity and it is easier to just be lazy and do nothing; however, I think, when I give myself credit for how I have grown as a person-I try to express my feelings and let the other side cave as a result of the corruption they chose to indulge in as an attempt to take my power and strength away from me.

The struggle with people who intimidate and manipulate reminds me of the Green Lantern movie-most specifically the scenes where Kilowog trains Hal to be a Green Lantern, and he teaches him that the enemy doesn’t fight fair-and that nothing Hal can protect himself with will ever be effective unless his will is strong against his opponent:

Kilowog: Here, let me help you…
[holds out his hand to Jordan... and decks him]
Kilowog: Remember, your enemy, he’s not gonna play fair!

Kilowog: [training Jordan] Your constructs are only gonna be as strong as your will, and your will is pathetic!

I love being a science-fiction geek.

It just makes life more illuminating!

Have a good night!