Infectious Asshole Persona.
Why do we leave it up to other people to decide whether or not we are worthy of certain treatment? Fuck that. Everyone deserves to be treated wonderfully. Even if they are an asshole. Chances are, if they’re an asshole, they became one after several instances of being treated like dirt by other assholes.
Unfortunately, the asshole persona is very infectious. If someone says hello in spontaneity, we most likely find them bizarre or think they’re mocking us somehow. We barely ever think to take it personally; they were just being friendly and kind. However, if someone cuts us off in traffic or runs into us in a store, we come to an instant conclusion that they are in fact an asshole, they meant to do it, and they specifically chose us at the peak of their morning to destroy.
A challenge for myself this week: treat everyone with kindness, take others’ kindness personally, ignore the infectious assholes.
