Difficult Personalities

We all know them.  We all have them in our lives whether it's family, spouse, or a coworker.  There is no talent in being an ass.  Zero.  We all have bad days &/or bad moods.  That doesn't give us an excuse to throw our bad energy front and center, making it everyone else's problem to deal with.  Talent lies in the ability to govern our emotions.  To put on a smile and soldier on.  Because we all have our trials and tribulations.  The key is to overcome not succumb.  Not to punish the people around you.  Difficult personalities are exhausting and can suck the life out of a situation.  Being difficult doesn't make them more powerful, more special or more "real".  It just makes them more of an intolerable jerk.