Shocking, right?
Mistakes are made, feelings are hurt, some choice words are said, then someone goes home with a knot stuck in their throat and a feeling that they've been wronged.
Accepting that truth has been something that I have had some difficulty with throughout my life.
Let me clarify; I've tried to make a distinction between a person and their actions, President Monson puts it pretty well in this Mormon Message below-
We don't know the reason a person did the things he or she did unless they explicitly tell us. We don't know their circumstances and feelings(completely). We can make guesses, but we don't honestly know. I know I've jumped to an entirely wrong conclusion before(many times :(...).
"So be kind regarding human frailty—your own as well as that of those who serve with you in a Church led by volunteer, mortal men and women. Except in the case of His only perfect Begotten Son, imperfect people are all God has ever had to work with. That must be terribly frustrating to Him, but He deals with it. So should we."[Emphasis Added]
-Jeffrey R. Holland, "Lord, I Believe"
Even when people do things for a malicious reason, I've tried to think about the bright side of things, after all, as Jeffrey R. Holland puts it-
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