Difficult People (by Ralph Marston)
The people whom you find most difficult to deal with
can be your most valuable teachers.
For your problems with them are not really due to how they are,
but rather how you respond to how they are.
Learn to deal successfully with difficult people,
and learn valuable lessons about yourself.
Work to relate positively to difficult people
and you develop skills that can serve you well
in many other challenging situations.
People are the way they are
Get past the need to try and change them,
past the need to judge or condemn them,
and look for the value they offer.
Sometimes that value is deeply hidden,
and when you find it, you have found the real treasure,
something few people take the time to uncover.
In every difficult person you encounter,
make a point to look past the difficult part
and focus your attention on the person part.
The other people with whom you interact are mirrors
that help you see things within yourself.
With some people, that mirror can be difficult to view,
yet when you have to courage to do so,
the rewards can be many and great.
Ralph Marston
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