Have you ever reached a high point in your day or maybe even your life just to have someone else bring you down?
In Chapter 26 we see Jordan trying to pull Ricardo right back down to where he’s used to. Ricardo had been flying pretty high as of late in the story and Jordan shot him down. Bullies often know how to hit you where it hurts because they prey on your weaknesses and your self-esteem. Jordan made Ricardo feel as if Brianna was only hanging around because she pitied him.
Even with Brianna trying to reassure Ricardo that what Jordan was saying was not the truth, Ricardo was still questioning it all. Brianna made Ricardo step out from under Jordan’s words and made him think about what he actually felt and not what Jordan was putting in his head.
When we’re down about something someone said to us, we rarely step out from under it and try and focus on reality. We need to stop focusing on what others feel towards us and focus on what we feel and what the people who actually matter to us feel.