Don’t Take It Personally
Miguel Ruiz explains that we can become immune to hurt and rejection. For real.
He writes: There is a huge amount of freedom that comes to you when you take nothing personally.

The whole world can gossip about you, and if you don’t take it personally you are immune.
Someone can intentionally send emotional poison, and if you don’t take it personally, you will not eat it.
When you don’t take the emotional poison, it becomes even worse in the sender, but not in you….
As you make a habit of not taking anything personally, you won’t need to place your trust in what others do or say.

You will only need to trust yourself to make responsible choices.
You are never responsible for the actions of others; you are only responsible for yourself.
When you truly understand this, and refuse to take things personally,
you can hardly be hurt by the careless comments or actions of others.

MY THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Compassion is the ultimate value in life.
Service is the ultimate action. - jlh

MY SHARE FOR TODAY:
Cheer Up - Things Could Be Much Worse!
(:-)

Thanks For Stopping By!
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Smile For Today:

Vow of Silence
At a remote monastery deep in the woods, the monks followed a rigid vow of silence.
This vow could only be broken once a year on Christmas, by one monk, and the monk could speak only one sentence.
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One Christmas, Brother Thomas had his turn to speak and said,
"I love the delightful mashed potatoes we have every year with the Christmas roast!"
Then he sat down. Silence ensued for 365 days.
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The next Christmas, Brother Michael got his turn, and said,
"I think the mashed potatoes are lumpy and I truly despise them!"
Once again, silence ensued for 365 days.
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The following Christmas, Brother Paul rose and said,
"I am fed up with this constant bickering".

My Share For Today:

Negative passions may run high,
but they do not have to rule you.

Your inner peace, and the sanctity of your being,
are not worth trashing because of some
negative feeling you have about something.
Just let it go, and return to the knowing and
experiencing of who you really are.

Try not to abandon the self. Try very hard.
In the end, your soul will be so grateful.
NDW