When Someone's rude to you

Joel Osteen - Pastor Joel Osteen, the author of the #1 Best Selling Book "Your Best Life Now".
@kokopelli (4842)
United States
February 21, 2007 5:43pm CST
I've watched Joel Osteen's free online video on being thankful for the gift of life, on finding the positive in every person and in every thing. And here's a good quote from him today: "Somebody's rude to you. They're spiteful, jealous, angry. Just remember, it could be worst - you could be them. Sometimes the only way to be grateful is to just say 'Thank God, I'm not like you'. Just don't say it to their face." What a way to keep our cool:) How about you? What do you do when someone's rude to you?
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@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
23 Feb 07
wow! there are people here, not many anyway, who get into my nerves and makes me go mad sometimes. but i try to keep my cool for as much as possible. sometimes, i go over their profile to understand what they are so mean to me. and by then, i understand more why they are like that. usually because they have bad experiences and i had happy ones. usually, i think they are just envious of people like me who are happy. they wanna try and put a stain on our happy life and make us feel bad. so, whenever i see people like them, i pitty them more now than get angry. i can always say that i am luckier than them. i might have gone through pains in the past but i am happy for who i am now. i just hope they get happy, too someday. and i will always bear in mind that thing you quoted "thank God, i'm not like you". oh, i am not pertaining it to you. i mean, i'll get to think of that line when i get to meet some other mean people online and even offline. thanks!
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@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
23 Feb 07
haha! my boyfriend thinks i am a funny girl, too. maybe, i really am. thanks!
@kokopelli (4842)
• United States
28 Feb 07
keep it that way :)
@kokopelli (4842)
• United States
23 Feb 07
lol! you're funny girl! well, just keep a happy song in your heart always :)
@mfrancq (1806)
• United States
22 Feb 07
That is a good saying. When someone is rude to me I tend to just ignore it because I figure they are having a bad day or something is going on in their lives. Not everyone that is rude is hateful or spiteful. I have moments when something comes out way wrong and someone thinks I'm rude. It just happens sometimes. Just smile and give them a little encouragement for the day.
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@kokopelli (4842)
• United States
23 Feb 07
very true. sometimes we need to be kind to people coz they might be going thru rough times.
• Philippines
22 Feb 07
Much as I could, I would try to be calm in any way possible coz I know fighting back and throwing back more spiteful and arrogant words to those who have been rude to me won't give me anything good. I'd rather walk away leaving them hanging, soon they would realize themselves that if they'd go on with those attitudes, time would come that they'll have no one to talk to but themselves alone. And that's pretty horrible. :)
@kokopelli (4842)
• United States
22 Feb 07
right :)