Now, there were just a handful of youngsters spending the full month at the club, so we new each other pretty well. One afternoon a so-called friend did something that really hurt my feelings, it's a painful memory that I've carried with me until now. My mom had bought me a pair of white sneakers just before the camp started and I used them for flying. What this guy did came totally like a surprise to me, I hadn't experienced anything like it at the glider club.

He grabbed one of my sneakers from my room and took it to the kitchen. There he put it on a plate and sliced up some cucumber and arranged the slices over the shoe laces and pressed out plenty of ketchup and mustard on top - then he stuck it in the micro. Later on, he handed me the plate with the greasy sneaker. It really hurt my feelings to be treated like that,  he had damaged my trainer and now I didn't have any shoes for flying. I had hardly used them, but I had no choice but to throw them in the trash.

I'm sure that most of us share similar experiences of bullying. Now, I've learned to let go of my unpleasant feelings and thoughts, so episodes like the one above doesn't trouble me much anymore - you can learn to let go too. One way that has worked well for me, is relaxation.

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