How understanding why you don't like certain people can be helpful to you

Here's a neat thought.  We all meet people we just don't like.  It's pretty unusual to like everyone you meet, and it's impossible to be all things to all people.

However, maybe it would be good to pause and reflect on why you don't like that person.  What if the reason is that that person has some characteristic we wish we had more of?  What if the things we don't like in others are often the things we dislike in ourselves?

What if meeting someone you don't like not only affords an opportunity to learn ways to accept if not like them, but also a way to examine and  better yourself?