Try

Everyday we are faced with challenges that help us become the people that we need/want to be. Some are not easy and some make us realize the purpose of this mortal life.

Last night my roommates boyfriend told me that I was rude.
Now it was a little harsh and I didn't know how to respond to the situation. I mean, no one wants to be told that they are rude. But I realized a lot about myself last night.

1. I love to be sarcastic. (Most people can tell that it is all jokes)
2. I get super defensive when I have been called on the carpet.
3. I want to get along with everyone. (I really hate contention)
4. You have to give people the benefit of the doubt when they are trying to improve.
5. We all are trying to be better each day.

Try a little harder to be a little better.

I told my roommate that I am trying to be better. I said I'm sorry for all the times that I might have been rude, but I am still trying.

I will say that I know sarcasm can be rude, and a lot of people get easily offended by it, but I also believe that if you know me, you know that that is just a part of who I am. You can be sarcastic without tearing other people down and belittling them.

"The Apostle Paul taught similar principles to the Ephesians: “Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers” (Ephesians 4:29). According to this scripture, all our communication should uplift others and strengthen them in the Lord." Gordon B. Hinckley

Laughter cures the wounded spirit. But if it is at the expense of another person, then it should be reconsidered.

I am trying to be better. Each and every day. I need to give the benefit of the doubt to those who I encounter and pray that they would display that same courtesy.