[Making_Sense [Rob W. Case]]

People can be very difficult to deal with on many levels and on numerous occasions. And yet, no matter how difficult they may be, God will provide you with a way to handle them. In this piece, we examine the reality of at least one effective way in properly dealing with Difficult and unreasonable people.

[GeronL]

It wouldn’t be so hard if Comrade Thorazine would stay on his meds. /inside humor

[WayneS]

None of those suggestions work for me.

No, really — LOT’S of people have tried them on numerous occasions and I am still as difficult and unreasoinable as I have always been.

[theDentist]

Aside from family, when I encounter such people I walk away. If you give in, they are even more obnoxious, and arguing just makes you look as ridiculous as they. life’s too short.

[Durus]

Is just shooting these people so wrong?

[Jen Shroder]

What I find the hardest is, when I succeed in not retaliating and behaving, it causes me to look at my more mature sisters more closely. I know they bite their tongue but it then makes me wonder how much they’re holding back when relating with me. It’s almost like knowing they’re not feeling as loving as they present because I’m not feeling as loving as I present when I’m holding in my negative reactions.

Then I start to wonder if I can trust who they present.

I think the answer is, if you are angry at someone, you need to step back and spend some time with the Lord and truly feel the love for the person you’re having difficulty with. Because holding in anger and acting in a way you don’t really feel isn’t right either.

Is anyone following? Anyone else deal with that?

[gogeo]

I had an ex-wife I had to deal with who was truly an evil person.

I benefitted from a suggestion made by a counselor (also a pastor) in dealing with her...I just had to consider that in many ways she was retarded.

It made it much easier.