When Ignorance Criticizes, Intelligence Watches And Laughs

Sometimes, those who are silent in the face of criticism, envy or provocation is not due to lack of arguments or courage. What happens is that  when ignorance speaks, the intelligence is silent, laughs and walks away.

Now, we all know that keeping calm and temperance in the face of criticism or reproach is not exactly easy. According to a study published in the magazine “USA Today”, 70% of people feel hurt by a criticism, 20% face it and reject it with anger and only 10% reflect on it and let it go when it does not respond more than ignorance.

One of the reasons why it is so difficult for us to accept criticism is because people need to feel accepted and affirmed. A reproach is the loss of that subtle personal balance spun by pride.

Now, when a criticism has as its substrate the deepest ignorance, there is no risk to our self-concept. We should all assume that there are discussions that are not worth it. When there are ears that do not listen and small minds where explanations do not fit, it is better to shut up, laugh and let go.

Ignorance is the seed of intolerance

Let’s start first by specifying what we mean by ignorance. We are not talking about a lack of culture or knowledge. The most pernicious ignorance is one that lacks closeness, empathy and sensitivity to put itself in the shoes of the other and where, in addition, likes to make value judgments loaded with contempt.

The highest level of ignorance is practiced when we reject something about which we know nothing. When even knowing that we lack data or information, we prefer to dedicate efforts to stay in our position than to obtain them.

The most complex thing is that sometimes ignorance is practiced in our closest spheres. In those fathers, in those mothers and other close relatives, who judge the rest without knowing, without even bothering to know what interests or needs others have. In these cases this intolerance does hurt, criticism hurts and offense bleeds.

However, over time the wounds heal, one matures and finally understands many things. Understand that people do not change, and that who has not wanted to take the step from ignorance to knowledge is because they do not want to.

Faced with these behaviors, there is no other choice but to assume the lost battle and maintain the dignity that encourages our soul to be calm. The one who understands that in the end it is better to be silent, smile intelligently and put distance.

Another type of profile that abounds in excess are professional humiliators. They seek to humiliate us both in public and in private because that is how they acquire power. Sometimes, behind this behavior, envy can also exist as a root.

The humiliator is not defeated by humiliating him, nor by yelling at him, even less with violence. What overcomes him is indifference when he discovers that he has no power over us. We will make it clear to you what we think of your behavior once. We will do it in a resounding way and keeping our eyes, being very assertive.

Later, if he continues with his attitude, we will show him that what he does or what he says does not affect us, that he has no influence on us.

To conclude, we all know that the most harmful ignorance is a seed that will always fertilize our vital paths. Now, it’s just weed. Think carefully about which battles deserve to be fought and which ones are not, because the important thing is never to lose our inner peace, our calm.

Be clever, be prudent and understand that small minds will never understand big dreams, and that there are deaf ears where intelligent words cannot fit.