Read this wonderful story.....

I once read a story of a man who died and went into the next world where he met numbers of persons; some of whom he knew and liked, and some he knew and disliked. But there was one person there whom he did not know and he could not bear him. Everything he said infuriated and disgusted him- his manner, his habits, his laziness, his insincere way of speaking, his facial expressions – and it seemed to him also that he could see into this man’s thought and his feelings and all his secrets and, in fact, into all his life. He asked the others who this impossible man was. They answered:

“Up here we have very special mirrors which are quite different from those in your world. This man is you.”

Let’s suppose, then, that you have to live with a person who is you. Of course, if you have no self-observation you may actually imagine this would be charming and that if everyone were just like you, the world would indeed be a happy place.

But you must try to see yourself as your roommate sees you, hear yourself as your roommate hears you, experience yourself as your roommate experiences you. You should see yourself through the eyes of your roommate.

That genuine objectivity, that truth of seeing yourself as your roommate sees you will make your relationship solid and peaceful.

And that, my friends, is the secret for living peacefully with anyone around you; be it your roommate(s), your girlfriend, your boyfriend, your parents, your siblings, your friends, anyone at all.