Not being friends does not have to mean that you are enemies

I came across an interesting blog post today from Brian Donnelly.

Here is a very short extract:

"Learning that it is okay not to like someone, that it’s okay not to agree with them is important - it’s what you do that matters. Not being friends does not have to mean that you are enemies. That is a message I have seen young people benefit from exploring on many occasions. If you think about it there must be a few people in your life you don’t like, you don’t and never will agree with – you don’t hound and abuse them at every opportunity – you may have learned the hard way that a family Christmas dinner is not the time to get these feelings off your chest. It might be a colleague or your boss – most people learn to use their developed social skills that enables them to work effectively or not fall out with the whole family."

It's well worthwhile reading the whole blog post. It is at
http://briandrespectme.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/do-we-really-all-have-to-be-friends.html