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I would like to think I get along with people pretty well. I’m funny. I’m a great listener. I’m genuinely a nice guy who really cares about people. But there are times that I just flat out don’t like a person. They rub me the wrong way. This started bothering me a few days ago. Why was I feeling this way? Was I judging people? In a way, yes. And I believe it’s a good thing. Before you consider me a hypocrite, please take into consideration what I have to say. It’s not the person I don’t like… it’s the act they put up that I don’t like. There are many people who put up an act and all for different reasons. There are those who want to be like the people they admire most. Although they just generally want to be accepted, it’s hard to take these people seriously. Why do you want to be like someone else? Do you not love who God made you to be? Those are questions that ring through my mind when I see people like that. Another category of people that put on an act are the bitter/hurt ones. And yes, I despise this one probably the most. Why? Because when you’re acting out of bitterness, you are literally sucking the life of the room and everyone around you. You plant seeds of hatred and sow disunity into people’s hearts. Why hold on to something that causes such destruction? Because you want to feel powerful? Because it makes you feel like you have control? No matter how much power and control you feel, the fact of the matter is, it will only lead to out of control destruction of your life. All this to say, I’m not sorry. I don’t like who you aren’t. But I love who you truly are.