Well.... Misunderstanding?

As Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes, "To be great, is to be misunderstood". As you read it, you will think that "If it is true, I'm greater than I've thought!"


Hello guys, it has been a long time since I start blogging again. SPM is coming. More of all Jesus is coming. Amen! Now what we've to do is to face the challenges in life with faith, patience and love. Let me ask you guys a question. Have you misunderstood before? I mean misunderstood people or any situation before? Everyone did even I did. Talking about misunderstanding, I'd misunderstood my two friends for quite sometime. Mostly our misunderstanding comes from our human nature. Greed and Passion for the worldly items makes humans forget who they are and the people around them. By that, we tend to forget to understand them. What will you feel if your very best friend misunderstands you? The situation is like this your best friend is having some problem with his life. There's something that gotta do with his actions and his attitudes. Realizing of this matter, you start praying for him. You heart is right and your motive is pure. And when your friend knows about it, he burst in anger and storms to you asking you motive in doing that. Once warm friendship turns to ice. Misunderstood.

Let me give you another example. Let say you're working in a company. And you aim to boost up the company's year end performance. You had an amazing idea. You began to work out your idea all on your own and even plan to make it a major product line in ahead of the market. The plan worked beautifully. It results in a nice promotion from your boss and public recognition from your boss and even your workmates. To your surprise, your direct supervisor thinks that you're after his job. Due to your plan, he sees you as too ambitious and overpower. Feeling threatened by your success, he makes your life miserable for you in the office. It turns into a mess all because you had a great and tried to work hard. Misunderstood.

When you've been misunderstood, ask "who?"
If misunderstanding continues, ask "why?"
When misunderstanding is resolved, ask "what?
Remember Emerson's words? Here's a better statement :
"To be great is to forgive the one who misunderstoods"

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