You can take a second to catch your breath and rest. You just need to keep doing what you are doing and everything will stay fine. Sometimes we just cannot help but try to control things. It does not work this way, and it is time to sit back. The more that we control, the less of the desired result we could get. Taking a second to step back and know I am doing enough will lead me to what I need. Continuing to grow and seeing what I like about things and continuing to do that. I have found people to challenge me in separate ways and various places. It always takes me back for a second at first and then you get into the usual conversation and remember what is going on. You do not know where the hostility is coming from towards you, but you can feel it. Take a breath and know that is ok. If you are not trying to poke the bear, but the bear is trying to come at you, that is a different story. Do you really believe the reactions that happen feel justified? If so, you can look at what you are doing wrong and if not, you can let it go with the trash. Letting it go is one of the best things I can think of because it releases you from the unpleasantness. When you are letting it go, do not bring it back. It can end up uninstalled, just like a computer program. We cannot control the reactions that come back, but we choose how we act towards it. I used to find a way to avoid these conversations, but now I realize more damage feels done when you do not say something. You must judge the importance, but if it is important then it is time to show up. If someone asks your opinion, and then makes fun of you for it does that really say terrible things about yourself? It depends on how we see the interactions. The best thing is for this not to become something you fixate on in your mind, but something that does not serve any good for you. The toughness of the world does not have to end up shown by the actions you choose. Remember it will throw whatever it wants at you and you must decide how you will take it. The key is to never let it bury you. It can try to come at you all at once, but you can defeat it with the choices you make. The power that we have can be on our side, but there is plenty of power there. You can wish for a genie or become your own genie. It just depends on how you want to live your life. Everybody lives it differently, so you can choose what you want. After a set amount of time, we must make our minds about what we want. The indecisiveness is only hurting us. Let us decide and if we decide to change our minds later then we will make the appropriate choices at that time.