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An unfortunate side effect of our consciousness residing in our brains is that everything we experience in our lives involves us somehow. The car in traffic today cut you off. The cable news show you saw last night ticked you off. Your company’s massive growth this year gave you more money.

As a result, we tend to have an inherent bias towards assuming that pretty much everything that happens to us is actually about us.

But here’s a newsflash: Just because you experience something, just because something causes you to feel a certain way, just because you care about something, doesn’t mean it’s about you.

Not Taking Things Personally — by Mark Manson

https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?op=audio&tid=2477

Hi Welles,
This was a surprising "home run." How can a person argue with the logic in this piece as the evidence is swirling around us. LOL

I loved this from the same essay above... https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?op=audio&tid=2477 (Mark Manson)

When people criticize you or reject you, it likely has way more to do with them -- their values, their priorities, their life situation -- than it does with you. I hate to break it to you, but other people simply don’t think about you that much (after all, they’re too busy trying to believe everything is about them).

So true but I must admit I never take the time to think it through in this way. One would have much more compassion for the "rejecter, " I suspect as we learn to look beyond the façade of mere words.

Well I don't know what I am trying to say...but I do appreciate you posting this little piece of wisdom!


Sandy

Sandy wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 10:48 amWell I don't know what I am trying to say...

Well I know what you are trying to say but I won't tell you!

(Maybe related) In retirement ...

I discovered that it's best (and easiest) to look anonymous ...
like the average person, since many are trying to be noticed.

How to know you've achieved your anonymity?
When you're quoted but the source is unknown.

Rod

Hi Rod... thank you... I fixed the quote above so now the source is complete...

Welles....

xxSandy

Amigoo wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 7:41 pm How to know you've achieved your anonymity?
When you're quoted but the source is unknown.

That's a wonderful point of view, Rod. I love it!