I am troubled that I have a hard time understanding people. I notice in my life how quickly people are to judge others. I certainly do not claim to be beyond reproach, but I also try not to judge people too harshly and try to find the potential in them. I just cant reconcile with people who are quick to judge others, but who become defensive when others judge them. How do we deal with people who are like this because I find myself becoming frustrated and irritable with people like this.
It has been my experience that the things that most bother me and sit on my mind are the very things that I am meant to work on within myself. Take every defensive person that you meet and ask yourself what I am meant to learn from seeing/meeting/working with this person. If it bothers me then it is a window into who I am. That’s not bad. Since we are here to learn more about ourselves it is rather a wonderful tool for self understanding.
Best,
Ephraim