Our Number 1 Enemy

Many people dislike others for whatever given reason.  I have found that the people I dislike the most are often like myself.  So what does that tell me about myself?  Ever since I realized this about myself I have tried to notice if others have this same problem.  I have often told other people when they are complaining about another person, that they should check that dislike.  Most people are flabbergasted when I suggest that the reason we do not like certain people is because they are too much like us.  What we see in the other person often bugs us about ourselves.

Try it.  Next time someone gets on your nerves, or you become angry with someone, take a moment to ponder why.

Deep down inside I really want to be a perfect person and who can know my faults better than myself?  Getting myself to admit that I have faults is another thing.  Disliking others and being irked by certain other persons is really a way of telling ourselves, "Look, here is an opportunity to see the truth.  Here, now you can SEE what you do to others."  We should embrace that other person and thank them for helping us see the truth about ourselves.  We should not judge the other person so harshly because really that person IS us.

When we see that we are the same, really, I mean we look different, have individual personalities, but really, we are all human.  We all need to be loved and cared for and allowed to grow.  In order for us to do this, we must allow others the same forgiveness, space and leniency that we would give ourselves.
We often look at ourselves through rose colored glasses and others through a microscope.

Once we stop the hating, and start embracing WE can change more easily.  We can open our eyes to the truth, that not one of us is perfect.  Not one of us deserves more.  Not one of us is faultless.  Hopefully we are all trying to learn more, love more and laugh more.  Let us not only laugh at our mistakes, but learn from them and love others more because we can see ourselves in them.