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"If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself.

What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us." ~ Herman Hesse​

 

Very, very true. Our head of marketing at work bugs the hell out of me, but it's mostly because he reminds me a lot of me, and because I'm not keen on 'marketing' from a work ethic standpoint. I don't need some failed biologist to troll trade fairs to get 'ideas' for new products, I have plenty that haven't been stolen from others as is.

 

I see this a lot in life. I wonder where some folks' malice and unkindness comes from at times.

I suppose the trick is to center myself along a sea saw like plain of humility and assertiveness.

The more days I work through, the more I realize this will be a lifelong affair.