Posted by:
Cheryl
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Date: June 23, 2018 12:54PM
Perhaps this helps others but not me.
Excuses?
They mean well.
They're only trying to help.
They're just telling you what they sincerely believe.
They're worried about your eternal soul.
Etc.
What works much better for me is to remember that into every life some rain must fall. If it isn't mormons, it's some other irritant or travesty. No matter what befalls us we have to grow from it and soldier on and we are stronger that we think.
If robbers or window peepers hounded me in my home, I'd put a stop to them by prosecuting their bad behavior. I wouldn't stay angry once they were stopped from the evil way they act toward me.
It's the same with mormons. If they treat me badly, I don't put up with it. They must stop their bad behavior. Then I am able to move on and consider them as the rain that falls on everyone in life.
I have the luxury of not having children or a spouse who is a believing mormon. Perhaps those who do must simply agree to disagree. I guess that's what I'd do.
That's what I did in my career if someone had a seriously opposing view on a subject. If they had the right to make that determination, I'd write them off and go along if necessary and refuse to discuss the issue. If the situation allowed me to make the determination, I'd explain that and try to help them come to terms with it. Then I'd tell them there's no need to keep bringing it up because we could learn to live and let live.
This is how I've worked through these issues. Others likely have ways that work for them. If so, please share.