Without problems, we wouldn't have a life.
Read time: 2 minutes. Reward: Increased awesomeness in your life.
Why bother reading this? Because it'll give you kickass advice and has an Australian sun in it.
Whenever you meet a difficult person (note: It's always the way you think about that person
that determines if it is a difficult person for you or not, not the person itself)
it is an art to deal with that person in a right way.
Everybody meets them, and you should be thankful for them, I'll try to explain.
In this little rat race we call life, we meet all sorts of different people.
Some are nice to you, some are not so nice to you.
Either way, you can learn from both of them.
The nice people are in your life to have a good time with, and if you listen very carefully,
you may learn a thing or two.
On the flip side, most of the time you spend with these people is just sharing words and maybe even
some ideas. We all need to empty are hearts now and then, and you should be grateful for the friends you have in your life.
'' Friends are those wonderful people who know all about you and still like you''
Now the bad, ugly, miserable people we meet now and then..
In my short experience with life, I have made some major changes and decisions after I met one of those
breathing creatures I just described.
Remember, we cannot change these people, because that is what they are. They are what they are.
'' As soon as you realize that you cannot change the people around you, change the people around you''
These people challenge you, because they are giving you a hard time.
Instead of getting upset of the way they act, and before you start making up reasons why they should
not do, what they do, think about this: Most of these people don't owe you any reason to behave in a way which is appropriate to you.
Be thankful for these people because they awaken your creativity and teach your patience (which is never a bad thing).
I treat them like a mental wake-up call.
Off course I don't like to be around them, but there are situations which you have to be there.
Think of work, family or sports for example.
But here is a thought which saved me a lot of suffering when dealing with these demon-spawns.
When you leave them, you go, but they stay with their own mind, 24 hours a day.
Imagine being them.. Walking around all day with that type of a mind, wouldn't that be horrible?
Be thankful for your own life, and welcome all experience.
''Good, bad, who knows?''Ajahn Brahm
Some will, some won't.