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What if Everything Wasn’t About You?
What if things aren’t always as they seem?
Would it really be so bad?
If someone’s glance didn’t really mean what you thought it meant? If someone’s words — even though they seem to be directed at you — actually weren’t a reflection of you, but rather of them? Could it be that what we think isn’t really the truth? How could we know if it was the truth anyway?
What if it’s just not personal — none of it?
Think about it for a minute.
How much easier would your life be if you didn’t go around thinking and believing that everything was about you?
Someone’s dirty look. The sigh out of your partner’s mouth. What somebody did or said. What somebody didn’t do or say. The harsh words. The person who cut you off in the car this morning. The dog barking. The text message that seems defensive…
The list of things we take personal, often without even realizing we’re doing it, is endless!
In a world where each one of us is the centre of the universe, whatever happens around us means something about us, or means something in relation to us.
But what if none of these things had anything to do with you?
