Don’t Take Anything Personally

[Magnolia]

When I am starting this thread I have one person on my mind, one nice person who is active on this forum...
... so for you ....
I will not say that's person's nickname... but I am pretty sure that this can be useful for many of you...

The Second Agreement: Don’t Take Anything Personally
by Don Miguel Ruiz

Whatever happens around you, don’t take it personally… Nothing other people do is because of you. It is because of themselves. All people live in their own dream, in their own mind; they are in a completely different world from the one we live in. When we take something personally, we make the assumption that they know what is in our world, and we try to impose our world on their world.

Even when a situation seems so personal, even if others insult you directly, it has nothing to do with you. What they say, what they do, and the opinions they give are according to the agreements they have in their own minds…Taking things personally makes you easy prey for these predators, the black magicians. They can hook you easily with one little opinion and feed you whatever poison they want, and because you take it personally, you eat it up….


But if you do not take it personally, you are immune in the middle of hell. Immunity in the middle of hell is the gift of this agreement.

[KMack]

I read that book a couple of times. I recommend it.

[luc2112]

Is a good tip, greatly improves your love relationships also.

[Joso]

I have the habit to think that everyone is thinnking negatively about me in every place i am, because of that i tend to avoid eye contact. But like you said, they are probably to focused on their own issues instead of thinking about other people lives all the time.That is probably just a problem of my own mind.

[KuriousKatKommittee]

I have the habit to think that everyone is thinnking negatively about me in every place i am, because of that i tend to avoid eye contact.

INTP problems lul.

[Mortimer]

Sounds good

[Harley]

Makes perfect sense. I face a lot of fighting with family because they take things personally and start projecting their issues on me. It’s rough. Sometimes, I get so angry about this, the only thing I can do is cry for the moment, pray for inner peace, then keep planning towards the future.