Many of us have people in our lives who seem to exist for no other reason to irritate us or vex us at every opportunity. I used to get upset with such people in my own life until, while reading books on Universal energy and the Law of Attraction, I discovered that there was something about me and my energy that was attracting them. Those people might not even be consciously aware of why they are behaving that way, but, since like attracts like, I am the one who requested that they be there.

In the past, particularly given my vocal political beliefs, I would have just filled myself with "p and v" and let them have it. But, you see, I would be directing that energy at the wrong person. What I discovered and what I am in the process of learning to do (in the moment, sometimes) is asking my Higher Self what it is about me that attracted that person in the first place. Once I have my answer, then I am free to make the necessary changes.

Once those changes are made, the previously vexing person will no longer have a reason or my permission to be in my life and in my proximity. They just go away.

So, if you have people in your life, be it a coworker or "friend", who irritate you no end, just ask yourself "why" that person is so attracted to you. Get your answer and make the change. We are on this planet to evolve and become more self-aware. Those people who vex us serve as reminders of issues in our own lives that need addressing. Instead of getting mad, get busy fixing.

Don't forget to thank them for teaching you what you needed to know.