A Letter to Someone Who Has Hurt Me.

Today, I’m charged with writing a letter to someone who has hurt me.
What seems like a straight-forward challenge strikes me as a bit misleading. Aside from physical hurt, which I have been fortunate enough to more-or-less avoid in my life, the only person that can hurt me is… myself.
Hurt comes from within. And though we say, “He hurt me,” we ought to recognize that the hurt was really the result of our reaction to a given situation. Our reactions are now, and always will be, choices – though many of us (myself included) often react unconsciously.
So when I write a letter to someone that has hurt me in my adult life, it seems to me the only possible recipient is myself.
Dear Syafiq,
You are the gatekeeper of your life, deciding what goes into – and comes out – of your castle. When anger or hate or negativity try to enter, pull up your drawbridge and engage it not. Anger, hate and negativity can not hurt you without your permission.
Do not let anger, hate or negativity dwell in your castle; they have no home in you.
Love,
Syafiq
In your life, who has hurt you? Feel free to write them a short letter in the comments below.