Life is so much more fun when you enjoy the people you are surrounded by. It brings laughter, learning, expands horizons, and off-sets strengths and weaknesses.
Yet so many people have the attitude that they must endure others, not enjoy them.
Here’s a few simple ideas to help you enjoy others:
1. Stop trying to fix everyone. No pressure to feel the need to make everyone see things your way or do it the way you do it. Just Let it be.
2. Look for the humor. It’s easy to find fault, how about trying to find the fun, the good, the eccentric in others and enjoy it?
3. Drop embarrassment. Often we don’t enjoy different people because we feel embarrassed for them. That is just foolishness, everyone stands on their own and there’s no need for you to try to carry someone else’s emotions. Let them be a quirky as they want to be and deal with the fallout.
4. Learn. You can learn from just about anyone, even if it’s from their mistakes and quirks. Just be a student and try to learn all you can so that you can be a more loving, caring, interesting version of yourself.
All you can control is you, so just enjoy the ride.
What are the barriers to enjoying others? What keep us in judgement mode instead of accepting?
David Curry
