One of the basic rules of interpersonal relationships is that you can please some of the people some of the time, but you can never please all the people all the time. There is a children’s story that illustrates how totally useless it is even to try always to please everyone. The story tells about a father, his son, and their donkey. As their journey began, the father led the donkey and the boy rode. But because some people criticized the boy for being lazy, he got down from the donkey and let his father ride. But because some other people criticized the father for not caring about his son, the father got down and walked next to his son. But because some other people laughed at them for having a donkey and not riding it, they both began to ride. And when some people condemned them for ov…