If the patient gets angry, should the doctor get angry with the patient? No, the patient is ill, and commonly gets angry for this reason. If a child gets angry and strikes out at the parent, does the parent beat the child in return? Not at all, for it is the nature of children to have occasional emotional outbursts. If a man is rowing across the river and an empty boat drifts into him, spilling him into the water. Does he become angry with the empty boat?
So I tell you, do not be upset with others, whatever they may do. We are all like empty boats: we have causes, but no driver.