Something New Every Day

Stories and essays on identity, creative thought, and everyday common sense.

Are you calling me

There are any number of ways to finish that headline; for example, are you calling me pretty, handsome, ugly, stupid, a genius, gorgeous, mysterious, racist, homophobic, delightful, brilliant, dumb, affectionate, ambitious, considerate, etc, etc; the list could go on for a long time, however, regardless of what the adjective is, you should know yourself well enough to be able to ignore it regardless of whether it’s a positive or negative word. “Knowing yourself is the corner stone of everything you need to know.”

Are you calling me

You should not allow somebody else’s opinion of you affect your inner peace. Morgan Freeman put it far more eloquently when he coined the phrase.

“Do not be discouraged by the words of somebody you wouldn’t go to for advice.”

“Life is 10% of what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” ~Charles R. Swindoll

Know yourself, be yourself, like yourself and always act like yourself because you are the most important person in your life.

 


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