-=> Quoting Bryan Handfield to Nancy Backus on 24-Nov-2015 19:40 <=-
 BH> -=[On 11-23-15 18:10, Nancy Backus wrote to Bryan Handfield below:]=-
 BH> -=[Re: Re: Cruelty Was: Trying ]=-
 
 BH>> I feel fortunate for that but my heart aches whenever I hear someone
 BH>> being bullied... but secretly cheer for those people that beat up
 BH>> the bully :)
 NB>> I used to get some of the flack... by standing with/up for the
 NB>> underdogs... unfortunately, or maybe it was fortunately, that used to
 NB>> keep me from being accepted into the cliques...  ;0  Didn't get any
 NB>> physical bullying, but taunts can be quite hurtful, too...

 BH> I never really had anyone to stand up for me.  I was left to fend for
 BH> myself, such is life :)

That's usually the case, I suppose...  Fortunately, most people manage
to survive the ordeal...  :)  And, perhaps, are the stronger and/or the
better for it...  :)

 BH> ... Adversity makes people wise but not rich.

Not a given on either side of that...  ;)   Can make them wise... and
rarely makes them rich...  Depends on how one meets the adversity... 

ttyl       neb

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