The Baal Shem Tov used to say ” as water reflects a face”! What we see in others we have it in ourselves too. I know it is a shocking concept to many. Some people say to me ” you mean that if something bothers me about someone else, it means I also have that character trait in me?”
Well I’m sorry to be the one to say it, yes!!!! If not it wouldn’t bother you, you wouldn’t even perceive it.
H”S made the world in such a way that everything we experience is a reflection of ourselves. If we didn’t have this how could we be able to see or feel what needs to be corrected within. Look closely at the feeling a certain situation or a certain person elicits in you and work on the feeling. You’ll see with time that instead of being upset at others you will see the blessing in disguise of having the opportunity to step up in the ladder of living up to your true self.
Sometimes we see things that bother us, for example unfair treatment to others. This type of situation would be either to see if in any way we have been unfair in our treatment to someone else or to take action and help someone that has been mistreated. In any case action is the response, either within us or helping someone else.
