Can The Fearful Battle Bullying?

The war on bullying is a war everyone can join, even bullies. I like to think so.

A dear friend of many years had a thorn in his paw. After trying to help him remove it again and again, year after year, I realized that the thorn that was hurting him was actually growing from his paw. He was his own thorn.

Some people are living lives trapped in a terrible state of fear, allowing themselves all means of survival, including bullying, to manage their fear. So, how is the world to get the fearful to battle bullying?