How do exceptional, honorable great people deal with the issue of people they might

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not want to mingle with? We all have to be a bit selective about who we spend time with. We cannot please everyone. We also have to listen to our own truth. Not to mention, there Are people that we are not comfortable mingling with even though they might be interested. And confronting them isn't always the best choice and might even be needless effort. I am wondering, how do great people tackle this area of their life. If someone approaches them and they don't want to entertain that person, do they lie, or make an excuse? Or do they tell the truth? Either of these sound unlikely because Great people don't lie (am I right? Think about Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King etc. i can't imagine them lying) and wouldn't the truth hurt the other person and might even be unnecessary? How do they deal with this issue in their life beautifully, elegantly, honorably, gracefully, preserving their dignity, and the others. I am thinking, this is how they think. But how do they actually go about it.
 
Hmmm. It is interesting that all the people you listed were all deeply religious. I would think that they saw everyone - or tried to see everyone - as part of God's family. So they would not see a stranger, they would see a relative that they have never met before. I cannot believe that they would turn away from someone because they were not like themselves. I would imagine they would respect and embrace their differences and would try to make a new friend. They would love the person anyway because they are still one of God's children. They would NOT turn away from that person.
 
Don't you think sincerity is the key ? If someone is truly great, he ( she ) can be sincere as well, as sincerity doesn't diminish his ( her ) greatness. And off course, even the greats have their flaws and they don't really bother to hide them, rather than learn something from them.
 
The exceptional, honorable people you have mentioned handled themselves with great dignity and grace, and I doubt any one of them thought they were any better than the people they encountered in their everyday lives...that is what made Gandhi, Mother Teresa, and Martin Luther King so truly unforgettable-their non-judgemental nature and their lack of guile. They wanted to better the world-not hold themselves better than the people inhabiting the world. The truly remarkable people of our time do not judge the humans they try to help-they want to change the human CONDITION. And the three you mentioned achieved that with humility and a self-effacing attitude that should remind us all that every human, whether we want to mingle with them or not, is worthy of the efforts these three tried to instill in mankind.
 
They make an intelligent, polite, excuse and steer the people in another positive direction away from themselves.
 
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