For a long time when I worked with ugly people I tried to suppress the revulsion I had towards them

I would act polite to their face but inside I would squirm and want to vom everywhere. I would suppress this feeling and try so hard to replace it with love.

It never worked too well.

Now what I do is accept that disgust and meditate on the revulsion I feel – trying to expand it. This skin is disgusting too; this body is disgusting too; this world is disgusting too. What should I feel revulsion for? How can I apply this sense of revulsion in healthy ways?

My old exercise created a constricting feeling of resentment towards someone for ruining the aesthetics of my world and for ruining what I believed my capacity for love was. My new exercise is honest, refreshing, more equanimous, more expansive and results in compassion without having to lie to myself.

Give it a try!