Take The High Road

Last week, a friend of mine shared a story about how a work colleague passed off work done by my friend as her own. She was appalled and in shock that people can be so evil and nasty. My advise to her was to take the high road. She does good work and her work speaks for itself and is noticed.

I told her that I have been a victim of this behaviour as well. I felt betrayed and used. It is sad that this pervasive behaviour is still commonplace in our society

It hurts, it sucks. It took a long time to get over.

I remember telling a lady who I thought I could trust about what happened and she said it happens all the time and the victims don't even know it has happened. The way she said it, implied that she had stolen someone's idea and passed it off as her own.

Several years after this situation, I was running for an elected position with a volunteer organization. The people supporting the other candidate spread lies about me. This hurt me deeply. I turned inward and became depressed. I ended up losing the election.

A blessing in disguise. I am better off without that position. I realized that I was only hurting myself. I learned that I needed to maintain my integrity and my dignity. I learned to turn the other cheek and take the high road.I came to realize that karma works and there is always a price to pay for our actions good bad or indifferent.