Day: July 1, 2012

Somebody thought you weren’t worth their time, attention, kindness, or money? Not about you. Somebody slammed you or you work? It definitely wasn’t about you. Somebody made a sexist, racist, ageist, weightist, whateverist comment to you? No way it was about you.

Somebody tried to screw you over, to manipulate you, lie to you, hurt you? It’s not about you.

We’re all trapped in our own little darkness behind the eyes, and so just about everything we do is about us. So when somebody does something that pisses you off or hurts you, remember: it’s not about you. They’re probably barely even thinking of you. Don’t wonder, “What does this say about meeee?” Because the answer will almost always be, “Nothing at all.” Ask, instead, what it says about them.

And lastly, but not leastly…

Memento Mori. Remember EVERY DAY that you’re going to die.

We are all ordinary. We are all boring. We are all spectacular. We are all shy. We are all bold. We are all heroes. We are all helpless. It just depends on the day.