How To Deal With Difficult People Without Going Insane
Posted by: richman in Bo Sanchez, tags: inspirational, motivational, spiritualBy: Bo Sanchez
Here are the big 4 gifts you receive from difficult people. (Note: Check out especially Gift #2, because that’s what many people don’t do…)
Gift #1:
Difficult people can teach you how to love,
preparing you for Heaven!
§ You learn to become more patient, more understanding, more persevering.
§ You have pity for them because you realize that “Hurt people hurt people”
§ You learn to see the good qualities even among difficult people.
§ You learn how to be compassionate as God is compassionate.
§ You learn how to forgive, to remove bitterness from your heart.
Gift #2:
Difficult people can teach you to protect yourself
and learn to say “No” to abuse.
§ You learn to love yourself, respect yourself, by no longer allowing abuse.
§ You learn to be courageous and stand up against bullies.
§ You learn to give tough love—refusing his abuse again. It may be the most loving thing you can do for a difficult person.
§ You wizen up, learn tact, and learn how to distance yourself from harmful people.
Gift #3:
Difficult people can help you
get to know your weaknesses.
§ Difficult people remind you that you too could be difficult to others.
§ Difficult people teach you many important lessons in life. By seeing the tragic results of their actions, you’re inspired to do the very opposite of what they do.
Gift #4:
Difficult people can bring you closer to God.
§ Difficult people force you to pray a lot. (“Lord, help! I can’t take it anymore!”)
§ Difficult people force you to trust in God. (“Lord, I give up! I’ve done everything but she’s still a monster…”)
§ Praying for difficult people may not change them, but YOU will.
§ “Your cross (difficult person) is your key to heaven…” St. Poveda
§ You realize that YOU are God’s difficult person—yet you’re still loved by God!
Friend, God allows difficult people into your life to give you these 4 gifts.
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And difficult people can teach us another valuable skill…how to say, “no.”
Christine Bean
http://www.christinebean.com
dear james,
maybe of interest for you - a love letter to heaven
http://veryheaven.blogspot.com/2008/05/loveletter-to-heaven.html
yours sincerely, blessed are the meek
And difficult people let me pray to God that other people may do the things they did to me, for them to feel how difficult my life is because of what they did.
Do you think this is right? Would God listen to my prayer?
This is for the_sphinx
Dear the_sphinx
I feel for you. I have experienced and dealt with a lot of difficult people in my entire life. (I thought they only exist in the movies or tele-novelas). I myself always pray to God that He helps me especially in controlling my temper.Sometimes, I felt like hitting the person or running him/her over when I chance upon them on the road. But, when I am calmed down and praying, I ask the Lord forgiveness forthis evil that I thought. I think, the more we commit sin and God will not answer our prayer. What I do is I pray to God to bless them more to give them wisdom and to empower them. Because if they are blessed, maybe, they will feel they are loved. They are blessed. Envy will no longer be a part of their life. The reason they do these things is maybe, out of envy. Bless you!