Tuesday; August 22
Are we easily embarrassed? Now, on one hand, it is probably good to embarrass easy especially when it comes to issues of modesty and propriety. It is good to feel a twinge of embarrassment when we find ourselves in compromising situations. However, there is another type of embarrassment that is not so positive. Do we ever felt like other people are intentionally trying to embarrass us? Do we feel like people are putting us down in social situations to make us feel ashamed? While it can be easy to feel that way, the question is whether what they are doing is intentional or is the issue that our pride is just getting in the way of our good sense? What I have found is that, while there are some people who might set out to belittle us on purpose, if most people do something that is embarrassing to us, it is unintentional. So, if that is the case – and they aren’t trying to make us feel bad – why do we feel bad? Could it be that our ego is just too sensitive and we so proud that we