So how do we encourage others when they are not nice to us, treat us badly, and we just don’t like them? The key piece to remember here is that we have a choice. We can choose to take on what they are doing to us or saying to us, or we can stand back and realize it is their “stuff”. We don’t know what is causing them to act that way towards us…usually there is something that they are not happy with about themselves. Still give them the encouragement they may need. Next time we will talk about what we can do for ourselves and how we can help them.