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We can all be impatient and frustrated when things don't go our way, from waiting in line to the way we view other people and cultures, it's all a part of the same thing: We have these self-created molds that validate how and why we are the way we are. Conscious awareness of self is crucial. Sometimes in order to make ourselves feel better about ourselves, we judge, put down and disapprove the way other people do things. That thought pattern doesn't benefit us and is cowardly.
We are not going to like everyone, we aren't going to agree with everyone, we're going to think, what's wrong with that person, etc. But these thoughts and the actions they sometimes provoke have a negative impact on yourself, your environment and ultimately, the planet.
In my younger years, I used to be verbally expressive about my dislike or distain for people and they way they did things and my father would always remind me of a great guy named Jim Far, founder of Far Institute, who always said that whenever you don't like the way someone is doing something, just say to yourself, or them, "I wouldn't do it that way but that is an interesting way of doing it." Now, that might work for day-to-day challenges, but what about things that happen on a massive scale and possibly harm others? Remember we are human beings with deep emotions and we will react with fear, grief, anger and possibly a desire for revenge, but again, we only hurt ourselves. We have to take responsibility for our own thoughts and actions regardless of what's going on around us. In today's world tolerance is ignored, which is extremely unfortunate because tolerance, or the practice of non-judgment, is crucial to us moving towards a harmonious personal and planetary future. Visualizing might be a good place to start.
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