“Don’t just think about your own affairs, but be interested in others, too, and in what they are doing. Your attitude should be the kind that was shown us by Jesus Christ.” (Philippians 2:4-5 LB)
Hurt people hurt people. If someone is hurting you, that person is doing so because he or she is hurting. We need to look beyond people’s faults and see their needs. Then we can learn to love.
Have you discovered that the most obnoxious people and the least loveable people are those who need love the most? The people we would rather ignore are the ones who desperately need massive doses of love. Everyone needs love. If a person can’t get love, he will strive for attention. And if he can’t get attention, he will work at attracting negative attention. Subconsciously, he is saying, “I will be noticed, one way or another.”…
If instead of thinking about a person’s faults we begin to think about their needs, it will change the way we feel.
-- Rick Warren in “God’s Power to Change Your Life”
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