Not Taking Things Personally
How can I give a good example of not taking things personally? What would be a really good one? My six year old grandson was told off by his teacher and the rest of the class were laughing. And he took it personally, so for the rest of the day he felt terrible.
It’s very difficult at that age not to take things personally. Where does it get us when we take things personally? It seems that we get emotional, depressed, unhappy and feeling less than. So my great realization was every time I take things personally, the only person that suffers is me.
Because I’m sure my grandsons teacher and the rest of his class mates are not thinking anything at all–they’re just getting on with their life.
So the next time you start to feel you’re taking it personally, just remember how much do you want to suffer? To shake it off, and to realize that there is nothing really going on.
You have the opportunity as a great human being to decide to go forward with an amazing frame of mind. Howz that? Does that make sense? I hope so. Rock N Roll Val & Jeff
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