(12-26-2009, 12:13 AM)Peregrinus Wrote: Accepting that not everyone is the same is part of it. Somewhere in this mix is your ego. Perhaps consider that if you were in a room of mensa people, and they became angry at you because what they considered what you were saying was below their intelligence; would that be right? Would that be fair to you to treat you with disrespect just because you were born with a different IQ than they?
You are right. This is what was so upsetting to me. I was feeling those emotions, but was also thinking of how unfair it was to feel those emotions.
And Aaron, thanks for the great post! I will be sure to incorporate these exercises into my everyday life.