Journal 4

When a person approaches you and does not use your name, gives you the cold shoulder, does not make eye contact with you and only greets you with complaints a natural reaction would  be to become defensive. I would begin questioning myself, what did I do to make this person act this way toward me? I am a type of person that gets along with most anyone, so I would take this type of behavior personally. I would feel bad for a while thinking I have done something to this person and that is why they are treating me this way. I would also feel a sense of displeasure because if I observe the situation and feel as if i had not done anything to this person; my feelings would then turn to anger and resentment and I would probally avoid this person for a while. I would then observe the situation again looking at it in another prosepective taking in consideration that sometimes, it's not about me all the time. Perhaps that person is being this way because they are going through some personal issues.Sometimes we have to remin ourselves that different personallities approaches situations differently. Since I am working on becoming a professional I would feel that this situation is unsettled so I would ASK that person if it would be ok if we meet privately. This would be an action I would take to try to defuse the situation keeping in mind that no one is obligated to speak to you and everyone personalities are different. when the time is convient for the both of us I would meet with this person allowing the both of us to express our feelings and emotions but myself remaing professional.If this situation is resolved the last emotion would be a feeling of trust. I would feel that now if this person is going through something or does not like something I have done or said they will come to me to talk about what is on their mind.