It’s so difficult sometimes to not brush off somebody’s feelings as something stupid — however, I learned from the shorter end now that no matter how senseless the feelings seem, they’re still emotions. Simply because one person in the party perceives something doesn’t mean that the other person perceives the same thing. –And because of that, nothing that deals with emotions should be brushed off as stupid or inconsequential. THe truth is, no matter how silly the conclusion reached, if it’s enfused with feelings, it’s real at least in the sense that it’s truly causing damage.

A hard lesson for me to learn.