The saga continues: AM 6

[mat422]

I'm going to take this time to talk about something that I feel I put upon myself that shouldn't be my responsibility. I don't hate people, I just want to clear that up before I get into this. But A LOT of people I come across irritate me. I've heard it said that you shouldn't judge someone being rude or angry at you because they might be having a bad day, their parents died, they got dumped, their car broke down, they are having a rough time, etc. So what? It's not my personal responsibility to see past their outside behavior and excuse it. I'm sorry but I've had days even months where I was incredibly pissed, but I made sure never to lash out at people. I took personal responsibility for my emotions and handled them in a mature way. I don't care anymore about being nice to people. No matter how virtuous it is to continue to be understanding in the face of someone who is cursing you out or letting out their frustrations on you, it's not my job.

That's it, from now on if someone is being a jerk they get treated like a jerk. An immature jerk with the emotional maturity of a 5 year old throwing a temper tantrum. Maybe I'll change my mind somewhere down the road, but I guess I read too many spiritual books about unconditional love and got carried away with thinking it was my obligation to do this kind of stuff. That's what spending too much time outside of reality will do, you'll have your own idealist views of how everyone should be and people will crush those expectations.