How to deal with someone that tries to intimidate us
I found this little Buddha story very inspiring, specially in those awkward situations where a “though guy/gal” tries to make us feel threatened. Remember it the next time you have an argument of this kind:
“Once, a man approached the Buddha and verbally abused him. The Buddha just listened as the man continued voicing every insult he could think of. Finally, he stopped, and to his surprise found that the Buddha was smiling.
The man aked : “Why are you smiling ? I have insulted you and attacked your honour and screamed at you. How can you be so calm ?”
The Buddha asked a question of the man: “Tell me - if a man declined to accept an offered gift, to whom would the gift belong ?”
The man looked puzzled and answered : “It would belong to the person who offered the gift,of course,” he replied.
The Buddha said : “I refuse to accept your abuse.”