Maybe at work, maybe in school, maybe at church, anywhere - we find ourselves struggling to get along with others. It is inevitable because others are flawed, ...just like you and me.
Next time you are in that situation, cut them some slack - they probably have come from dysfunction in their lives ...just like you and me.
It is a challenge more and more as time moves along, that family & society become a worse & worse model for all of us. That person we are struggling with has likely had those bad models, ..just like you and me.
Playing together, working together, arguing together (w/out coming out as enemies), communicating with others, etc - these are interpersonal life skills & dynamics that most of us just do not necessarily possess anymore.
We did not get all that stuff at home, within our families, in the classroom, in past work experiences, etc?! So where do assume people should get this stuff these days? We are all different anyway and then you throw in lifelong dysfunction that so many have come from...
On top of all that, time has moved along, & we now have people in Leadership & Management roles that also never learned interpersonal, life or team-skills at home; and they are the ones to be leading & teaching others, yikes!
Well anyway, this is not about accepting & overlooking them (or you and I) as victims, but just to trying to understand. Realize that they do not necessarily know how to play well with others, ...yeah again, just possibly like you & me!
"People don't care how much you know until first they know how much you care."
Booker, just thinkin...
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