Curve Ball

Have you ever been so devastated by someone's reply? So unexpected that it throws a curve ball right into your gut? Honestly, I think we've all been there. Do we give people the capability of having power over us? Do they only bother us because we let them? Most would deny it, however after thinking about it over and over, I've come to the conclusion that we do give people control over ourselves. It's sad really, we should be who we are yet we allow others to change that. Words seem so small, just a few short letters, but they can mean so much if we let them. So why do we let offensive words created by narrow minds bother us?