Abraham Lincoln once met a man who he really didnt like. The man kept annoying him and Abe couldnt understand what it was that made him have to act like that all the time. In a famous quote, he said I dont like that man. I must get to know him better. This quote embodies one of the great sentiments about people that we sometimes forget to incorporate into our lives.
There are many people in the world who dont make sense to us and who we wish were different than the way they are. In fact, there are many people that we would simply do better to just avoid rather than try to understand them. Still, Abe Lincolns quote is a great sentiment for many of us to learn by because it teaches us that we dont always see people for who they truly are and we may be too quick to judge a person who has been through something that may have been harder than we can imagine.
Everybody is born into a certain life and is faced with overcoming the difficulties that are presented to them. If we are faced with some people who are extremely hard to endure, it may be that there is a lesson in there for us to learn about the problems that others face in their lives. It may be that we can...