This is a question that comes up a lot... does it matter what other people think?! I am participating in a personal growth seminar and we have Monday night meetings and last night that question came up...does it matter what other people think??
I think I was the lone voice that said YES!! It totally and completely matters what other people think!
I claim to be a loving and compassionate woman committed to making positive change in the world. I claim to have a deep passion for life but mostly for people. I claim to be forgiving and understanding and I claim to a good listener and respectful.
If for some reason people don't believe I am one of those things, I probably wasn't for a moment in my life, or during an interaction with that person, and I probably owe an apology. If I believe and claim to be all these great things but people around me don't have that same perception, perhaps I need to look at myself a little deeper and make some changes-or claim to be something different.
Caring what other people think is like a check and balance system. I believe it's important. Anybody with me on that?!? Can anyone shed some light??
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I think you're right, it might be a check and balance system, but there are also too many people who rely solely on what other people think of them and that's what they're trying to avoid. It should be more like constructive criticism than anything else.
hey chel! yeah. I have complex thoughts about this one. I think that on one level its really important what people think. when it comes to deciding if you want to spend a lot of time with that person, or letting them go their own way. on the other hand i think we become contrived and full of anxiety when we worry about what others think. Mostly when we wonder what people are thinking about us. i don't know really. how are you anyway?
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