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Welcome to Issue 166. If you did not receive a previous issue, you may use the archive link below to view it now. The mission of "Marvelous Mondays" is to offer an inspirational thought, a practical exercise, some humor, or a simple tip to jump-start your week and to enhance your life, business, outlook or relationships.
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QUIT TAKING IT PERSONALLY-IT'S JUST SOMEONE ELSE'S REALITY |
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Everyone has their own reality and you don't know it is. We create our own stress by taking other people's actions and remarks personally. Don Miguel Ruiz in his acclaimed "The Four Agreements" speaks about people's emotional garbage that they try to dump on others. Here's an example. You are stopped at a red light. As your stop light turns green, the driver behind you (who is hauling 3 kids) immediately blasts his/her horn and might even gesture you. You can get upset and wonder how someone could be so rude when you did nothing wrong. Then you start getting mad at the driver. So let's take a look at this situation of the honking driver. He/she could be hauling not just 3 kids, but a lot of emotional garbage, such as being angry at their kids or angry at self for being late to work, or anxious about facing a person or project at work, or upset on account of an argument at home, or the person might be sick or sleep deprived. It had nothing to do with you. So why let their problems stress you out? Why react?
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| EXERCISE |
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This week, notice when you are about to take something personally. Slow down and remember that you don't know their reality and remember the quote that follows. I'd really like to hear your successes, so pass it on to me. I will listen.
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