"Do other people tick you off sometimes?"

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Do other people—the ones you work with or live with or drive beside or go to soccer matches with or stand in line at the grocery store behind—do they really bother you sometimes?

I’m sure that just about every day some person does something that gets to you. How do you react? What do you say? How do you think? Why are you feeling that way?

One of the most significant—and difficult—spiritual behaviors I practice as an important part of listening to life and making a life, not just a living is to have a forgiving attitude. Most people—not all, but most people—are simply doing the best they can in life with what they have. Sure, they can improve. But so can I. Sure, I can see what they can’t. But somebody can see what I’m blind to.

Today, give someone a free pass. Just say to yourself, "He’s doing the best he can right now." And watch your stress slip away as God forgives you and through you as you listen to life and make a life.

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