03/07/2026
Most of the suffering we experience in life comes from the stories we attach to other people’s words, actions, and moods. Our minds spin around our own projections about what is going on in any given situation, and this does nothing to ease our suffering - in fact, it creates even more of it.
Our minds are so, so powerful - and somehow they are also not designed in our best interests! We must teach our mind to not spin, to not take one small bit of information and create an entire imagined scenario, and to not let our imagination run wild with possibilities of perceived realities.
Here’s the liberating truth: very little of what others say or do is actually about you!
People speak from their conditioning, and they react from their wounds. They see the world through the lens of their own fears, beliefs, and experiences.
When you take things personally, you hand over your peace to every passing opinion.
But when you pause, breathe, and remember that everyone is living inside their own story… something powerful happens.
You become free - free from needing approval. Free from absorbing someone else’s projections. Free from carrying emotional weight that was never yours to begin with.
So today, if you notice yourself “going there” in any given scenario, pause for a moment.
Take a long, slow, deep breath, and gently remind yourself that this is not about you.
Remind yourself that you will not take this personally, or spin it out of control. That you will reclaim your freedom and look at the situation with eyes of clarity versus suspicion.
Does this resonate with you? If so, tell me about it below!
And thank you as always to don Miguel Ruiz for the never-ending well of wisdom he shares.