The highlight of the last few days has been the diverse interactions i’ve had with people, all of whom were complete strangers and were both vastly positive and negative. I realize and accept that I will never please everyone or one single person all of the time. This was very difficult to accept, but after the last few days, I have realized that I just might have a little more patience than most, and a 20 second interaction can really have lasting impact.
One lesson I was forced to learn the hard way was that no matter how many times you apologize, there are people who will never accept it. I realize this is more difficult when you’re apologizing to a stranger and they cannot detect your sincerity. The only way I was able to get past this was to just accept that sometimes, no matter how hard you try, it’s not going to be good enough, especially if the other side is already so negative. Once again, the only thing I have control over is my own reaction to people like this, and I had no choice but to move on knowing that I tried and stay positive.