Be Yourself
When does that time in your life come when you REALLY stop worrying about other people and their opinions? Does it happen when you get older? Like say when you have your 21st? Does this greatness get bestowed upon one? Or maybe when you get married.... and have another persons wisdom added to yours? WHEN? I know I have been making this a new years resolution since I was in High school. "number 12 - Stop worrying about other people and what they say" My friends always tell me - "F*ck the people, we ARE the people" .... I wish it were that easy..... When will I stop worrying about you.... and what you're thinking about me... and if I did this would you think less of me?.... I seriously want to be DONE worrying!
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I'm hoping by the time your 40...
-by 21 - I wish...
-Married - you have the in laws to deal with, even if they are nice you worry about what they think
But it does get easier as you get older...
Its easy to say you don't care but deep down everyone does - its how much you let it affect you. Best thing is to live your life in a way that makes you proud, the people who are worth anything will stick by you and think the best of you - everyone else, isn't worth the hassle.
I think I was 15 or 16. A friend/mentor told me when things (and people) are getting you down, "Just say, Fuck It!".
So from then on I started to care less about what other, un-important people thought of me and what I did.
It happened for me when I left school.
I no longer worry about what people think about me because frankly I think I am fantastic and have found that its usually people who are a whole lot less fantastic doing the critic.
I do care about peoples opinions though because wrong opinions should be fixed
@ shadow - 40!!!! thats sooo long. and you make a very good point, I never even thought about the in-laws....dammit!
@ fatwonkidd - that young? wow. good for you
@ nosjunkie - I wanted it to happen when I left school too... coz u think ur more mature, and ultimately know a whole lot more about life....*sigh* how wrong I was.
I just want to give a little suggestion. You are what you are.. I mean trust yourself. Make a good plan for future. Who know about it..but you are have planned... May be this is.
@ einsthitlers - thanks;)
Sam, oh my goodness I have so much to say on this topic. How to summarize in a few lines?? Here's one attempt -- every single throught a person has is being formed by who THAT person is, which is the sum of every experience that person has ever had in their entire life. Because of that, every thought any person has about YOU is more about THAT person than about you.
Let me ask you a question -- when has worrying ever helped you? I can't think of a single example where my worrying has helped a situation. Like being stuck in traffic and late for a meeting. When I worry, the traffic does not automatically lighten allowing me to make it to my meeting.
So worrying about the thoughts of others is really just a small part of worrying in general. When you can convince yourself that worrying itself is futile, you may begin worrying less ... and this includes worrying about what other's think.
Remember, the thoughts of others are ALWAYS about themselves.
@ dan - you need your own talkshow - seriously! *hugz* lol.
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