Live Your Most Authentic, Joyful Life & Forget The Rest

I often think about the different characters I play in everybody’s story.

I’m a villain in some.

A hero in others.

And none of it has to do with anything the person I am.

The lens that others view you through is colored by their upbringing, their beliefs, and individual experiences.

Some people see your bright personality as endearing and others see it as annoying.

Some people think you’re weak and emotional and others feel safe to be themselves around you.

Some people think you’re rude and selfish and others respect the way you stand up for yourself.

And none of it has anything to do with who you really are.

So I’ve stopped trying to control the way others see me because I can’t.

I have no authority over how other people view me so I might as well just get on with living my most authentic, joyful life.

Cheers to that.