Do you hang around someone, anyone that you don't mind hanging around with but under the surface you think they are not all that great a person?  More to the point, do you have a friend that you don't trust?

In the end what do you do?  Let's say you are not an untrusting person but in today's modern world you learn that some people are what they are and if you let them take advantage of you they will.

How do you cope with that person?  Because coping is exactly what you must do in order to maintain any semblance of a friendship.  Coping can manifest itself in many ways.  For some of us the worst comes out of us.  We play the game of distrust with that person in our life, despite in our heart; it is against our character to do so. 

For others coping means to ignore their deceit, white lies or ill gotten motives.  But you can only ignore so much until it affects you or people you love.  Until they reach that breaking point with you, you cope.

I think people can be good and bad all in the same breath and for this reason many of us have some friend in our life that perhaps wouldn't be worth the time of day if it were not for the fact you are able to cope.  You could say you are a better person but that is a hackneyed expression, a throw away comment that is forgotten and not thought about.  No, you cope.  You are not just a better person.  You are someone that copes.

I hear that harmony is predicated on differences, that accepting others for what they are is how we reach harmony with those around us.  It is harder to accept people rather than tolerate them.   When you have someone in your life that has an agenda in life that you don't care for, do you tolerate them or do you accept them? 

Is coping with someone you shouldn't like but you chose to be around them ...Is coping accepting or tolerating?

We all have our own path to follow here.  I know mine, I hope I’ve helped you with yours.

Yes, When you look at that person you know in your mind..."You have something to hide, and you're not telling me."