How’s it going there today? Well, I certainly hope it goes well today as I hope it goes well with all your days!
Have a quick question for you: Do you worry about what other people think of you?
This is definitely an interesting question and I know that the answer varies from day to day. Of course, it’s nice when people think good things about you and it’s not so nice when people don’t think such good things about you.
At times, I have focused too much on what people thought about me rather than who I really was and what I thought about myself.
I remember having a really good friend of mine mentioning my healthy lifestyle choices while sharing a meal. I was surprised to hear him say it in such a, “hater” kind of way. I pondered what he said for a while after that and I was still not exactly sure why he brought it up in that fashion.
After giving my friend’s statements some further thought, I believe his interpretation of my healthy lifestyle caused him to think that I thought that I was superior in some way. That just seems ridiculous in my mind. The only person I felt superior to because of my healthy lifestyle choices was the me that I used to be, because the new me was much improved.
It seemed that for some reason my friend had been harboring some sort of resentment for my healthy lifestyle choices for quite some time. You will find that people might do this as a reaction to their frustration for their own lack of discipline or something else. In other words, they could simply be jealous of you because you have done something that they have not exhibited the willpower to do. In reality, their lack of willpower or discipline is not your fault.
Although constructive criticism can really help us grow, we have to learn to take other people’s opinions of us with a grain of salt. After all, a person’s opinion gets filtered through their own reality or lack of reality, doesn’t it?
Well, that’s all for now!
Have an amazing day and know that you are in my thoughts and prayers!
Love,
Dad