"Certainly clumsy, embarrassing, unprincipled, and mean spirited things do occur

in our interactions with other people that would allow us to take offense.

However, it ultimately is impossible for another person to offend you or to offend me.

Indeed, believing that another person offended us is fundamentally false.

To be offended is a choice we make; it is not a condition inflicted or imposed

upon us by someone or something else."

~~David A. Bednar

I remind myself of this almost daily.  This thought is so powerful to me and so freeing at the same time.