Ok, so someone's done something mean. Not even mean, just not followed through. You know what I mean. We've all got them in our life. The person that consistently does something that pisses you off.
There's someone in my life, let's call this person A, that tends to do drive me bonkers from time to time. A is actually a really nice person, huge heart, and quite great! Do not misunderstand me! But A is A, that's who A is. So this got me thinking... how many chances does someone get?
You can't change people. People can only change themselves. Sucks, doesn't it? I mean, all you want is X and they keep giving you Y. You tell them you want X and they give it to you for a little bit, then go back to the old ways of Y (the math major in me just came out). Is this making any sense?
So what do you do?
I've found that you just accept them for who they are or move on with your life. As soon as you do that, your life gets that much easier. If you choose to accept them, you have to let the bad/annoying things roll off your back and know that what they are doing has no reflection on how they feel about you as a person. If you create an environment where there's open trust and communication, you can express your frustrations, which who knows, may help. But you also have to accept that some things, unfortunately and fortunately, are just ingrained in to who we are.
At the end of the day, are you happy to have them in your life? Then keep giving them chances until you aren't any more.
(an older picture, but too cute!)
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