When you're feeling good, do you treat people well? When you're feeling bad, do you treat people badly? Probably. It's normal and natural, but it can also be changed.
How you change the way you treat people is to adjust your attitude. It's hard to do, but you can set aside the anger, sadness, or jealousy and have good feelings. It doesn't mean that everything is okay, but that you can deal with life well.
People who hate others and are mean to others have problems. Nobody deserves to be treated badly. People who love others and are kind accept and like themselves.
When someone is mean to you, just remember, they must be having a terrible time living with themselves. Try to keep your distance so their attitude doesn't stick to you.
When someone is nice to you, just remember that they are probably someone worth having in your life.
Ah, yes...In that situation, I try to remember to literally wipe them off my forehead as in ---Pfft! that negative stuff is wiped off my hard drive. It provides a little comic relief and really helps to move forward.
ReplyDeleteI really like that idea! Doing something physical as well as mental does double duty in helping.
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