Tough to LIKE people? Yes, it's true. There are some people I just don't like, and it's usually because I am getting a subtle vibe of snobbery. (Is that even a real word?) Or maybe they are just stubborn or mean. Or even too perfect, and I am jealous.
I have had experiences where I thought I didn't like someone, and once I had a personal conversation with them, I realized that I liked them and wanted to have conversation and maybe even a friendship. That's nice when that happens.
But there are a few people that once I have had that conversation I thought to myself, "Stephoni, you were right. You don't like this person." Maybe he was too power crazy. Maybe she was judgmental always talking about other people's badness. Maybe he has a theology that I just can't accept, or maybe she is impossibly shallow and there's just no depth there. Maybe I feel foolish because I am not as cool. Maybe I am outside of The Circle.
So people I don't like and don't want to be around exist. The thing I insist upon is keeping those feelings of dislike quiet and to myself. And maybe ever so often, give them another chance because it could be my insecurities or narrow-mindedness.
Or maybe not.
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