How Much Are You Worth?

The only thing this winter has taught me is that I think I can do without snow now. Everything is moving in a good direction and being patient will pay off in the end. People may hate the things that you do and treat you rudely because they do not understand. They think everything and everybody is supposed to be a certain way. When they surprise people that they are not they get mad. It is ok and good to let people do as they please. You cannot change their minds or the way they are acting. You must let them do what they are going to do and if they support you that is awesome. If they leave and never return know that is ok too. I tend to get skittish with loud noises now like an animal, but I understand the person that is yelling it is their issue and not your issue if you are not disrupting them. I have had people try to fight me on the street without saying a word. People will act the way that benefits them and the way their personality is. If you are not hurting anyone, you are not the problem. The reason I keep saying this is because I internalized this stuff for a long time, and I know when you go through things repeatedly you may think it is your fault. Take control of your attitude and focus and leave people to act for themselves. Thinking their actions have something to do with you takes away your power and your personality. If people are gossiping about you, saying mean things let them. The people that believe this stuff about you or pass this along are not your friends. The people that know you would not act the way someone is saying are the people to hold onto. We can get so sensitive to what a group is saying because there is a strength in numbers. This was especially true back in the day but today with all the technology one person does have power in this world. You may think you do not have influence but never underestimate your worth. Also, you can have the most positive reputation from people but still be a bad person. Just because a group of people or any people love you and think you are right does not mean you are a good person. You can have people like you and still be a bad person because to me it matters what your values are. What do you want people to know about you and how do you show up each day in the world? We can always be wrong, act wrong, make mistakes, and still love ourselves. When you support yourself and take a good look at who you are then I think you can be successful in this world. If you do not understand yourself, you can still be successful, but I would think it would not mean as much. Remember everybody looks outside, outside, outside for the answers but what if the answers are inside?