There are people we will meet in life with whom we have no affinity. We are advised that of those people are some few we simply cannot afford to have in our lives. It is really important to understand that it is not often...it is rare, in fact...that we come into contact with such persons. We must never let our ego decide this point.
Somewhere in the Bible it tells of coming into a village where we are clearly unwanted...we're told to shake the dust of the place off our feet and move on. Thaddeus Golas in "Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment" warns of such people, and he, too, tells us to move on...take nothing of the other with us (i.e., resentments), detach and move on.
I believe that their very self is their shield, and in that shield is our ego's almost irresistible temptation to try to remove/destroy it...for their own good, of course, or so says our ego. The attempt to destroy inevitably hardens both their perceived need for their false protection and our ego's perceived need to destroy it.
It is the "almost" wherein our answer hides...in the "almost irresistible temptation." In that one word, almost, is our release, our momentary escape hatch...God. In that instant, we learn to turn our thoughts to God, utter our thanks, and move on, taking nothing of the other with us.
Here's where our golden rule, "Don't be as nasty as you want to be," saves us. We have our permission to, as graciously as possible, say, "You may be right," and split.
And God grins.
Thank you.
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