Not Giving AF
Okay, giving a LITTLE… but mostly, letting go the preconceived conceptions of what other people might be thinking about you is essential.
Some inspiration from the Bhagava Gita. Focused on the action alone.
Also, I finally had to flip the script.
If I am doing my best and trying my hardest to put myself out there… who the hell ARE these people taking shit?
If I genuinely suck and am an embarassment to myself and my family, then shit… yeah, I better take a look at what I’m doing and course correct FAST.
But if there are peers out there talking mad smack, are they jealous? Are they angry that I have produced something that they have been thinking about for years but made no moves to make their own reality?
Often people’s judgements of you have so little to actually to do with you.
If someone hates my style of teaching a yoga class… teach your own.
If you hate what I have to say… why are you here reading?
Your biggest haters can still drive up your page views and website traffic. ;)
But more than that, there must eventually come a time when you release what you think people might be thinking of you, or you could easily get stuck in a stagnant trap you’ve set for yourself in your own mind. (Ask me how I know. ;))
When plagued with the “who am I anyways?” hit yourself with a “Who am I NOT?!”
If these people want to tear you down and trash talk you, who cares? This reveals how petty, hateful, and spiteful THOSE people are.
If you are genuinely putting yourself out there and trying your best, seriously: let go of giving AF about what a vicious and ambioug “they” might be saying. Those people clearly are not your real friends.
Dr. Seuss was right bout a lot of things, but especially, “Say what you feel because those who matter don’t mind and those you matter mind.” Or you know, the real version. LOL