What cau, ses some people to get defensive at the smallest comment, while others never stop to think that they might offend someone with one of those comments.  Sometimes the same people that make the comments are the ones that are the quickest to be on the defensive if something is said in their direction. 

What is it that makes us want to always defend our reputation, even to people that do not matter in our lives, or maybe we don’t even know?  I wish we had more people like the few that I know who are so confident in who they are that they could really care less about anybody else’s opinion about them.  I wonder if it is lack of self confidence, guilt, or some other deceitful feeling that makes us feel like we need to defend ourselves against ugly rumors that have no bearing on anything except to entertain the small minds that create them. 

So many people feel the need to get up, get loud, or get angry when something is said about them…maybe true, maybe not…sometimes the truth hurts more than the lies.