Enemy

     Are you an enemy of someone?  Perhaps you have disagreed with, irritated, insulted, or harmed someone.  Something in your behavior has made that person consider you as the enemy.  When you put your needs first at the expense of another person, you have become an enemy.  When you believe your values and opinions are superior and theirs are inferior or absolutely wrong, you have become an enemy.When you try to win at all costs without regard to the opposition, you have become an enemy.
     For every one's sake, we should behave in such a way that we do not become an enemy.  A first step may be to try and better understand the other person.  We might want to find out how we became their enemy.  We could try to focus on our similarities instead of our differences.  If we want to erase the enemy label, we need to become more likable.
     If being an enemy is best for you, remain that way.  If, however, we continue to believe we are absolutely right which makes the other person wrong, we may never understand the complete problem or come up with a workable solution.  Everyone wants to be heard, to be treated fairly, and feel like a winner. Most of us don't want to be perceived as the enemy.