Pick it up or leave it.
As an example: If someone says something and it hurts your feelings, ask yourself why? ‘Why did I let that hurt my feelings? Why did I pick that up?’
Like the Nautilus, each segment of our life is a building block to who we are/become. What we allow to stay in those segment is our own personal choice. This Book is about cleaning out every segment to attain the you that you want to be.
The truth is, what they say can only hurt if you pick it up and make it your issue. It becomes your problem. It’s actually their issue. This isn’t easy to grasp at first but acknowledging it and practicing it is a good start. We all need reminders about this.
Let’s make this even clearer.
If someone says you’re stupid. It is a true reflection of them. How they feel about themselves. Even if they are the smartest person you know, It’s their fear of their past. It is not about you. They may have struggled hard as a child and their parents or friends emotionally tortured them about it and they fear that, so they spew it onto you. You may seem a threat because a subject comes easily to you. Leave it on the ground where it lays. Learn to project compassion back instead. “It’s sad you feel that way” is a great return if you must make a response.
Step 9
Writing some of the instances down and /or talking about it helps get a good perspective and allows you to toss it in file 13. (That’s a trash bin)
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