Cease to exist

In today’s world, it has become evident that people don’t always get along. Americans and the Taliban, George W Bush and the Europeans, Greece and the rest of the EU…me and a ton of other people. Yet I’ve come to wonder, how do you deal with people in these situations? Should you show your distaste for the person or should you, despite all the odd ends, which connect you, remain respectful and put-together?

:I grew up in an environment that promoted respect above all and it is a value that I live by today. I believe that, not matter how much you despise the person, you should always respect them and treat them as a human being. I sadly had to learn that there are people who live differently. This is the first type of person which challenges my beliefs, however: Someone, whom I again shall not name, I was close to decided that I was too much of a threat to her and thus, out of jealousy and hatred, she began to destroy me. The stories which she made up, the evil things she did, to this day remain incomprehensible to me. Nonetheless, no matter how much I hate her and how much I blame her for some of my present insecurities, I will not be disrespectful. I simply don’t acknowledge her but I will not cross the lien to disrespectful.

The second type of person is the exact opposite of Type 1- they will always be nice to you, talk to you and want to hang out with you, but you both know that he or she hates your guts. Funny enough, this next person whom I make reference to is the mentor of person 1. Odd how things connect… I find these people the hardest to bear- I like to know what I’m dealing with upfront! Having to watch ones back gets irritating and frustrating-yet millions of people act like Type 2. Nobody likes fakes Louis Vuitton and Chanel bags and essentially you’re like one of those “contrefacons” you can buy in dark corners of street markets: cheap and unnecessary. Thus Here’s advice if you’re a number 2: Stop immediately. Do you really want to end up like all those fake products which customs pulls out yearly-shredded to pieces?

At the end of the day, there is an important lesson to be learned: no matter how much you despise a person and no matter what they may have don’t to you- “an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind” You need to remember that no matter how terrible someone has treated you, they are still a human being and you need to respect them. You don’t have to like them or even to care for them but you must always respect them. It’s a hard journey to find that respect for people who, on the surface, don’t deserve it- but once you find that respect within yourself, you’ll be a better and stronger individual.