Treat others how you want to be treated. We have heard this from the moment we are born. It is one of the golden rules, one that is spoken about it almost all faiths, one that we can fully comprehend and understand.
But, do we really understand this?
What this means is that no matter what the circumstance is, you always treat others how you would like them to treat you. This basically means that no matter how anyone treats you, you should still live by this rule.
There was a lady sitting at the park. She was a kind lady, and she lived by this rule. Another woman came up to her, looked at her, and slapped her real hard. She was in shock. She was a human being. And yes, she also had a temper.
What would you do in this situation? You don’t have the time to figure out why you were slapped by a stranger. You want to fight back, you want to attack. How dare can someone come up to you and just slap you on the face?
But remember, the rule. This golden rule. You would never have wanted to get slapped, so why would you retaliate back even though the other person does deserve it? They have treated you poorly so maybe they want to be poorly treated – yes this is true. But this life has to do with YOU. Not others. So you look at the lady, and you turn the other cheek. The woman cools down instantly. Your calm nature has now made her calm. And then you can hash it out like adults.
A lot of the time, we feel we need to behave a certain way to get things done, but if anyone would do those things to you, you would be heartbroken.
I have a friend who is truly a very sweet girl. Well, she was so rude to me, she would go out of her way to make my life hell. After a while, I kind of got fed up, and started behaving like her. All it did was make us both miserable. We fell down the rabbit hole, and there was no climbing back up. I always wonder, if I had just been the bigger person, and just tolerated her behavior, maybe things would be different and our relationship could be salvaged? It hurts to keep letting people hurt you, but it hurts more when you ruin a relationship that could be so important to you one day.
We have to live this life with no regrets so lets be the best version of ourselves.