is it even worth it?

I have only involved myself in a physical fight once. The only reason I involved myself was because I wanted to defend my mother. I am very pacifist but when it comes to defending what I love, I fight with all I got.

It started at the park, we went out to have a picnic and somehow the lady next to us decided it had been ok to start playing volleyball over us. My mom asked her if she could go play somewhere else, but the lady acted out and started pushing my mom. The lady told my mom she was no one to tell her what to do. My mom, obviously had to defend herself. That’s where it all started. I was ok until the lady’s daughter started getting in, that’s the moment I was very upset and decided to defend my mom. I swear, I was so mad and angry I didn’t feel the punches and slaps she would give me. The only thing I felt was the anger that emerged from seeing my mom being hit, and that’s when I let it all out. The fight was over within a couple of minutes and things didn’t end well. That same day I realized fighting wasn’t something I enjoyed, I just did it because I felt the need to defend my mom.

Honestly I felt like fighting was stupid and there was no need. We could have just talked things out and everything would have been ok. Maybe what trigger her fury wasn’t my mom maybe she had a bad day but in my opinion fighting is never the answer.