So this month I learned a very valuable lesson: I don’t
have any rights.
This whole race, people talk about being ‘unoffendable.’ I
was trying to figure out what that meant or what it looks like. Then a friend
helped it click. I can’t think that I do have any rights. If I realized that I
don’t have any rights…then I can’t be offended.
Example: do I have the right to finish my sentence?
do I have the right to have silence on a long bus ride?
do I have the right to my own schedule?
do I have the right to my own stuff?
do I have the right to be upset when a car pools out in front of me and cuts me
off?
do I have the right to _____ (you fill in the blank)
Now of course, do I just flop over when something happens? No. I still speak
when I need to and say my thoughts, but the main point is: I don’t get offended. When somebody
disagrees with me or interrupts me, I don’t get offended, because I don’t have
the right.
