Throughout our lives, we are continuously meeting people who bring something to our lives. Sometimes they bring positively, or knowledge, or a sense of joy. And sometimes they flat out, for lack of a better word, suck.
What I have come to learn, though, is that there are different types of those so-called sucky people. There are the people who are plain old negative. They complain about everything, they are rude, they are ignorant. They are--again, for lack of a better word--sucky. Most of the time, they are also entitled.
And the other thing that I have learned, is that the worst kinds of people, are people who feel entitled.
And they don't feel entitled for any good reason at all. They feel entitled because that's the only way they know how to feel. Generally speaking, most of the people you will meet who feel entitled, feel that way because they are used to getting their way. Those of us who know how the real world functions, understand that we cannot expect to get everything we want out of our lives. However, these entitled people that we meet along the way, don't usually seem to have that same sense of knowledge. Even though it can be difficult to keep a level head, but the good news is that there ARE ways to handle these people who have caught a case of entitlement, and some of those ways work. So here it goes.
When you're surrounded by people who feel entitled: don't forget to breathe. There are times in our lives where we will get so angry we can't see straight and we feel like the world is ending and we maybe even believe that we will never move on. But we will.
When you're surrounded by people who feel entitled: think of at least positive thing about those people. The best advice I ever got was to always find something good in every person. Every single person. There will be times in your life where you will be surrounded by people you can't stand to be around; you will win once you can see the good in them anyway. You will win every single time.
When you're surrounded by people who feel entitled: do not waste your time trying to change them. There are people you will encounter in your lifetime whose lives you will forever change--for the better. But you will not and cannot forever change everyone's life. And that is OK. Focus on the good that you are already doing for others.
When you're surrounded by people who feel entitled: think of something that makes you happy. It will help.
When you're surrounded by people who feel entitled: be understanding, and then use it as an opportunity to better yourself. I have learned, the hard way, that we will always catch more flies with honey than we will with vinegar. Be kind to those people who act entitled. I know they drive you crazy. But, still--play nice. We live in a world where it is easy, at one point or another, to feel entitled. But we must remember that there is always something to work for, and although we may not always have to, we always must be prepared to put in that work. But we also must encourage--kindly--those we are surrounded by to put in that work, too.