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Success at a Mighty Glance

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Some negative talk I hear around me makes me cringe. Not the chatter about politics, weather, or the economy, which have their own brand of negativity, but individuals bashing their worth. They lament about how they don’t measure up. When I hear their thoughts aloud I wonder how this signals something in their head. Doesn’t our “Self” listen to this disapproval? It’s NOT possible to standardized ourselves. It would mean whatever collides with us— “life itself”— can’t possibly interfere. Comparisons waste time.   We live-that makes us worthy. Not because we have a certain face, body, job or living situation. It is tiring (and boring) to constantly modify our lives to obsolete and invisible standards we think others have for us. When really we’re the ones designing those standards. The wheel keeps spinning and we make it spin. Every time we measure ourselves by someone else.   Yeah, it’s true others can judge us. The real danger is when we care and take it to heart and adjust our true se