The dictionary says love is defined as:
- A profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- A feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend.
- Sexual passion or desire.
But of course, in common usage it means much more – or less, depending upon how you think of it.
I, for instance, love spaghetti, a good "who dunnit" mystery, a nap after dinner, and the smell of new mown hay. I also love my dogs.
I'm apt to type "I love it!" after an entertaining blog post; when I hear a Golden Oldie on the radio, I often think "I love that song;" and I definitely love interacting with all my friends here on Active Rain.
So – there are plenty of kinds and degrees of love – and I love that there are!
Loving feelings are more fun and are far healthier for all of us than negative feelings.
But… there are those times when you have to deal with a client who is clearly disagreeable. They are most definitely not loveable. They make you feel angry, disgusted, and even hateful. And, if you aren't very careful, you'll take those negative feelings home with you at the end of the day – and infect your loved ones with them.
How can you use love to tolerate those negative folks?
Rhonda Byrne, in the Secret Scrolls, says that the answer is to send love for those people "out there" into the universe.
How? By picking that person apart to find some small something about them that you can appreciate or admire. It might be something as small as them always being on time for an appointment or the fact that they take their shoes off before entering someone's home.
According to Ms Byrne, the act of hunting for, finding, and focusing on some small thing to appreciate will change your attitude and give you back your positive energy. And – that better energy just might radiate out to the difficult client, making them less difficult.
What does this have to do with the Law of Attraction?
Like attracts like, so if you can get your energy to a place where you feel friendly toward that client, they just might become more friendly in return.
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