“A Grain of Salt”

If anyone makes a comment to me that I feel was insulting or degrading, I would speech them off, using words from the dictionary, and others that were not in the dictionary. After the argument, I would go into my private place and cry, then I would tell my mother. She would say, “That’s not the way to handle it. You feel more hurt after you behave in that way, and it also puts you in a depressed mood. What you need to do is to, ‘take it all with a grain of salt’. It will bring flavor to the situation even to you.” I didn’t understand what she meant until I started ignoring and being less vocal. So I am taking all negatives with a grain of salt, and all negativity is adding flavor to me.