
This is a powerful statement. There is nothing wrong with feeling distaste for people who elicit nothing but aversion. The trouble comes in when you let yourself fester in that dislike, when you pause your own growth because it takes so much energy to stare their groundless hate in the face and try to explain it, label it, make sense of it.
Thing is, it’s not my responsibility to wrestle someone else’s demons. I can’t possibly rationalize the irrational. And I don’t want to.
There are people in my life who bring me great happiness and love. I want to focus every bit of my attention on them. They deserve all of my time and all of my energy.
Other people are only truly capable of serving one positive purpose: teaching us, incontestably, how not to be. It can be a valuable lesson, if we are willing to learn.