More than 300 comments!
Many of them emotional. Pained. Smudged with tears.
Okay, that’s not true. Blog comments on the web don’t get wet. But I imagined that if theywerewritten on paper, they’d look like used tissue paper after my wife watches a Bea Alonzo-John Lloydtelenovela. (You can read the flood of comments in my previous post, Do You Have A Difficult Person In Your Life?)
It seems like everyone on the planet has a difficult person to strangle, er, I mean to grapple with. But many answered my question, “What special gifts do Difficult People give you?”
I loved your answers! I sifted through all your comments (Yes, I read every single one of them) and found 4 fantastic gifts that difficult people give to us. I just compiled your comments—so a big thanks for being my wonderful research team!
I could list down a hundred gifts, but keeping the list short will make it easier to appreciate.
Are you ready?
Here are the big 4 gifts you receive from difficult people. (Note: Check out especially Gift #2, because that’s what many peopledon’tdo…)
Gift #1:
Difficult people can teach you how to love,
preparing you for Heaven!
- You learn to become more patient, more understanding, more persevering.
- You have pity for them because you realize that “Hurt people hurt people”
- You learn to see the good qualities even among difficult people.
- You learn how to be compassionate as God is compassionate.
- You learn how to forgive, to remove bitterness from your heart.
Gift #2:
Difficult people can teach you to protect yourself
and learn to say “No” to abuse.
- You learn to love yourself, respect yourself, by no longer allowing abuse.
- You learn to be courageous and stand up against bullies.
- You learn to give tough love—refusing his abuse again. It may be the most loving thing you can do for a difficult person.
- You wizen up, learn tact, and learn how to distance yourself from harmful people.
Gift #3:
Difficult people can help you
get to know your weaknesses.
- Difficult people remind you that you too could be difficult to others.
- Difficult people teach you many important lessons in life. By seeing the tragic results of their actions, you’re inspired to do the very opposite of what they do.
Gift #4:
Difficult people can bring you closer to God.
- Difficult people force you to pray a lot. (“Lord, help! I can’t take it anymore!”)
- Difficult people force you to trust in God. (“Lord, I give up! I’ve done everything but she’s still a monster…”)
- Praying for difficult people may not change them, but YOU will.
- “Your cross (difficult person) is your key to heaven…” St. Poveda
- You realize that YOU are God’s difficult person—yet you’re still loved by God!
Friend, God allows difficult people into your life to give you these 4 gifts.
Don’t miss receiving them!
In my next blog, I’ll share more personally about a few difficult people in my life, and how I dealt with them.
May your dreams come true,
Bo Sanchez
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