Everything In Due Time

Today everything will come my way at the right moment and in the right order A major flood hit a village. The priest prayed for his flock and only when he saw that everybody was safe did he start praying for himself. He got an answer from God. God would save him. The message from above got through to him loud and clear. When the water was so high that it lapped at his knees, he kept waiting for God. To the people in the boat, who wanted to rescue him, he said he would not come along, because his God would rescue him. The next boat came when the water was lapping at his chest. He told the people in this boat too that he would not come, because God would rescue him. He remained unperturbed when the water came to his chin. When the rescue workers wanted to save him using a helicopter, he called loud and clear to heaven: ‘No, I won’t come. God will save me.’ They never saw him again, because the water continued to rise and he drowned. When the priest appeared before God on his throne, he was angry. Damn it, God, you were going to save me! You promised me that! Damn it yourself, God said, how can you say such a thing! I sent you two boats and a helicopter

"Something Smells"

No-one thinks that their own … smells bad.
It’s human nature to play down your own short-comings.
But if someone irritates you then the opposite is true: their short-comings will appear out-of-proportion in your perception.

When this happens there may be an “allergy” at work.  If you like to carefully consider all angles before coming to a decisions, then you’re irritated by people who act first and ask questions later.  But those people are probably highly irritated by you (“old slow-coach…”).

In cases like this you’re inclined to avoid the other as much as possible.

That’s really a shame.  Because they are the very people – the ones you’re “allergic” to – who can show you where your own pit-falls are.  And that is: to exaggerate the opposite behaviour to the allergic one!

So take the time to reflect on the types of people who irritate you the most. There, in all probability, nestles an allergy, and thus a chance to learn something about yourself.