The Freedom of Acceptance and Commitment
I have slowly - emphasis on sloooooooowly - been learning something of late. Loving your neighbour has little to do with actually liking them. Accepting that you do not necessarily like someone and then committing to treating them with respect, dignity and honour in any event, is love. That is how we love our enemies. That is how we do good to those who persecute us and that is how we pray for those who harm us. For almost 4 years now I have been working with someone I personally interviewed, hired and trained. This person has been the proverbial "thorn in my side" from day one. Whereas everyone else I have hired and trained has blossomed in their role as an adjuster, this person has not. She takes feedback as criticism, is extremely defensive and attacking with confronted with an error, and has a narcissistic manipulative way about her. There were days that I beat myself up for having hired her and admit that hiring her is a huge regret. Unfortunately you c