I am convinced that a peaceful head and heart comes by taking nothing personally.
That, just that...take nothing personally...has been a goal of mine for a long time. One of the gifts of that goal was the realization that every feeling of irked, peeved, instant of inner push-back is the result of our taking it personally...whatever the momentary it is.
It would not surprise me to learn that the entire starter course in learning how to take nothing personally is encompassed in knowing that I am not responsible for what s/he hears me say...nor am I responsible for how they choose to interpret what they hear me say. And vice versa.
The second course in our learning may well be in the thought that what you think of me is none of my business...I love you, no matter. Then we must needs help that be true in our head and in our heart.
The obvious (but well-hidden to ego) fact is that if we want our life to reflect what we are learning, then we must do that which we say we agree with...we must live a turned-over to God life.
To enrich our own life we must learn to give recognition to the true identity of those we meet. -- Joel Goldsmith, "The Gift of Love," p. 5
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