Comments on: You have the right to defend your inner self, too http://thinklikeablackbelt.com/blog/you-have-the-right-to-defend-you-inner-self-too/ Tips, Tutorials, and How-to for Self Defense Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:07:18 -0700 hourly 1 By: Lori Hoeck http://thinklikeablackbelt.com/blog/you-have-the-right-to-defend-you-inner-self-too/comment-page-1/#comment-917 Lori Hoeck Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:41:34 +0000 http://thinklikeablackbelt.com/?p=2710#comment-917 Hi Betsy, Thank you. I agree, when you don't realize you have rights, you won't use them. Hi Davina, Yes, standing up for yourself requires discernment. Wisdom and experience can help diffuse a situation. Either way, courage isn't an easy thing and can come at a price. We have to decide if we want to pay that price or become people pleasing doormats, which takes a toll on us as well. Hi Betsy,
Thank you. I agree, when you don’t realize you have rights, you won’t use them.

Hi Davina,
Yes, standing up for yourself requires discernment. Wisdom and experience can help diffuse a situation. Either way, courage isn’t an easy thing and can come at a price. We have to decide if we want to pay that price or become people pleasing doormats, which takes a toll on us as well.

]]> By: Davina http://thinklikeablackbelt.com/blog/you-have-the-right-to-defend-you-inner-self-too/comment-page-1/#comment-916 Davina Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:25:46 +0000 http://thinklikeablackbelt.com/?p=2710#comment-916 Hi Lori. I was watching a movie last night and the main character stood up for himself. The result was that he became involved in a short confrontation and was stuck in the face a couple of times. I guess we have to pick and choose what to stand up for and what to let go of. Granted, there was no way of predicting the outcome and he would at least have the satisfaction that he was willing to go to bat for himself. Hi Lori.
I was watching a movie last night and the main character stood up for himself. The result was that he became involved in a short confrontation and was stuck in the face a couple of times. I guess we have to pick and choose what to stand up for and what to let go of. Granted, there was no way of predicting the outcome and he would at least have the satisfaction that he was willing to go to bat for himself.

]]> By: Betsy Wuebker http://thinklikeablackbelt.com/blog/you-have-the-right-to-defend-you-inner-self-too/comment-page-1/#comment-915 Betsy Wuebker Sun, 17 Jan 2010 01:45:46 +0000 http://thinklikeablackbelt.com/?p=2710#comment-915 Hi Lori - I love the "Bill of Rights" in your bullet points. It's a shame that so many people feel they don't have even the most basic of these. Unknowingly, an opportunity to be taken advantage of is created! And it's true, political correctness and extreme tolerance create opportunities for abuse. Great work! Hi Lori – I love the “Bill of Rights” in your bullet points. It’s a shame that so many people feel they don’t have even the most basic of these. Unknowingly, an opportunity to be taken advantage of is created! And it’s true, political correctness and extreme tolerance create opportunities for abuse. Great work!

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