To the Bully,

Thank you for making my life a living nightmare.

Thank you for constantly criticizing me for each decision that I make.

Thank you for stealing my equipment only for me to find it destroyed.

Thank you for pushing me through walls and into lockers.

Thank you for giving me labels that are far from the truth.

Thank you for making me the water boy because I wasn’t part of your “clique.”

Thank you for picking me last in gym class because nobody wanted to be associated with me.

Thank you for shoving my face into a pile of dog crap while everyone laughed at me attempting to escape your grasp.

Thank you for tearing me apart on social media when you thought it was a joke.

Thank you for questioning my intelligence whenever I spoke a word.

Thank you for telling me that I couldn’t get the score I wanted for my ACT because my “stupidity” prevented me from doing so.

Thank you for telling me that I couldn’t get into my dream college.

Thank you for isolating me from the rest of my class.

Thank you for telling me that I couldn’t make the varsity cross country team.

Thank you for calling me weak.

Thank you for placing so much pressure on me.

Thank you for making me endure numerous mental breakdowns.

Thank you for making me feel uncomfortable in my own skin.

More importantly,

Thank you for all that you have done.

Thank you for motivating me to prove you wrong.

Thank you for allowing me to persevere through any hardship you threw at me.

Thank you for making me realize that things do get better.

Thank you for making me understand what it means to have true friends.

Thank you for making me want to open up to more people and try new things.

Thank you for making me compassionate towards those who face troubled times.

Thank you for making me realize that your efforts at breaking me are childish at best.

The bully is an insecure individual who will attempt to bring someone else down in order to boost their own self-confidence. The victim who is bullied cannot allow the bully to take over his or her life. By realizing that things DO GET BETTER, you realize that the bully is nothing but an annoyance and is nothing to fret over. It is human nature for people to try to establish dominance over others. The victim must be stronger than the bully and live his or her own life in order to pursue complete happiness. You need to realize that words do hurt and that people always remember. The exterior of an individual can be misleading as it masks the interior where thoughts and emotions run rampant.

I cannot thank you enough. Your presence has allowed me to become the individual I am today. I wish you the best and I hope you’ve changed your ways.

Sincerely,