Don't Take It Personally

PEOPLE ARE SELFISH. THEY'RE WRAPPED UP IN THEIR OWN WORLD. THEY DON'T NOTICE YOUR SUFFERING OR CELEBRATE YOUR SUCCESS. DON'T TAKE IT PERSONALLY. DISINTEREST SEEMS TO BE THE WAY OF THE WORLD. THIS IS NEITHER WRONG NOR RIGHT, NEITHER GOOD NOR BAD. IT SIMPLY IS THE WAY IT IS. THINK HOW IT WOULD BE IF PEOPLE DID NOTICE EVERY TIME YOU DID SOMETHING WRONG. THEY'D POINT IT OUT TO YOU. THEY'D CONFUSE YOU WITH SUGGESTIONS. THEY'D ANGER YOU WITH THEIR INTRUSIONS. IT WOULD BE HARDER TO MAKE CORRECTIONS AND MOVE ON. DON'T TAKE IT PERSONALLY WHEN A STRANGER GETS ANGRY AT YOU; ASSUME THAT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU. HE'D BEEN HOLDING IN HIS FEELINGS A LONG TIME BEFORE YOU CAME INTO HIS LIFE. DON'T TAKE IT PERSONALLY WHEN YOUR NEIGHBOR COMPLAINS ABOUT YOUR DOG, WHEN A CAR BREAKS DOWN RIGHT AFTER YOU HAD IT FIXED, OR WHEN THE COMPUTER FAILS AND IMPORTANT DATA ARE LOST. ( ok, i know it's difficult )

THE NEGATIVITY THAT YOU CHOOSE TO REACT TO IS ONLY A SOUNDING BOARD FOR WHAT YOU FEEL INSIDE. THESE SAME EVENTS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WHETHER YOU WERE THERE OR NOT. IF YOU DIDN'T FEEL BAD ABOUT YOURSELF, YOU NEVER WOULD HAVE TAKEN THE EVENTS OF THE WORLD SO PERSONALLY. THE OUTSIDE WORLD HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU. The world is within you - all the caring, all the sublime inspiration, all the doubt. The way you react to the world only reflects how you feel about yourself.