Choose to love

Nothing seems to go our way– it’s like we are fighting a losing battle. The problem is that the world is filled with other humans who do not think like us, or even worse, dare to disagree. This diversity thing can sometimes really become a pain. Clones can be good.

When you stumble upon another person, be it a colleague, friend, even a close family member, who has different opinions, ways of doing things, personalities or work ethic, it can be challenging. They do things in their own style, at their own pace and sometimes with their own expected outcomes. It’s strange that even an offspring of yours can have such a conflicting personality – isn’t the inheritance of DNA and genes supposed to result in our ability to live in perfect harmony?

What can we do? Get frustrated and wonder why nobody listens to us.

Then again, we can recognise that, irritating as it is, everyone is different and we each bring to the table (especially during dinner) traits and gifts that make us an assorted box of chocolates, like what Mr. Gump once alluded to.

Once we accept this, and understand that people are likely (by default) to disagree with us at every turn of the corner, or even when we’re walking straight, then life becomes less of a misery, and more of a mystery. And we can even decide to love them for who they are, how they actually add a dash of colour to our lives in ways that you never realised. It is not that they want to disagree, it is because they love us that they want to engage and challenge us … that’s a positive spin on things.