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Next-level peace
On emotional stability, self-love, and staying intact no matter who stands across from you.
Can a teacher fail themselves because a student didn’t study? Will a traffic cop write themselves a ticket when a driver isn’t wearing a seatbelt? Does a judge serve prison time for someone else’s crime? Obviously not.
So why do we let someone else’s poor taste, moodiness, rudeness or mistakes ruin our energy?
When you say someone upset or disappointed you, you’re agreeing to carry a burden that isn’t yours. How others behave is strictly a reflection of who they are. We wound ourselves with the negative ideas we choose to entertain. How often have you hurt yourself by giving in to anger, fear, jealousy, or revenge? It wasn’t other people. You did it to yourself.
Your only job is to stay grounded and show up as your best self, no matter who stands on the other side. You have the power to choose.
Other people’s words and opinions have no power to hurt you . The only real power lies in the movement of your own thoughts. They choose how they act, and you choose how you react.
You choose by waiting. You delay your response by at least thirty seconds – just long enough for your amygdala to settle and for your prefrontal cortex, the thinking part of your brain, to catch up. Whatever you feel, don’t…
