Getting Along

Having lived with many different combinations of people throughout my life, I have observed how a variety of people get along with each other. I've found that it's not all that well a good bit of the time.

I don't understand it, really. I've noticed that the things that cause the most strife are more often than not simple things that can easily be fixed by either party, but everyone is so obsessed with not 'stepping on each other's toes' or are wrapped up in their annoyance that they blow things out of proportion. Sometimes, you just have to accept a person's flaws, other times, you have to make an effort to work on a perceived flaw of your own. These things are so simple, most of the time. Rinse off your dish. Lock the door behind you. Change the empty TP roll. Simple, but I've seen these things cause huge fights. It's ridiculous.

Just. . . get along. Do what you can to not get on each others nerves. It's not nearly as difficult as it can be made out to be. I think in our society of self-confidence and self=esteem building we have come to believe that we are so very fabulous ourselves that there can't POSSIBLY be anything about ourselves that might annoy someone. This is obviously a false assumption, but seems to be pretty prevalent.

All I'm really saying is to look at yourself and see if it really is THAT big of a deal to change something simple in order to maintain the peace. Try to put yourself in the other person's shoes and see how your behavior is seen from their point of view. You might be surprised.

*~*Tabby Marie*~*