One of the greatest gifts that we can give ourselves is not to take things personally.

Even when people are attacking us personally it’s not personal.  

Think about it.

Let’s say you meet someone who looks at you with disgust, says something mean and goes on their way.  It has nothing to do with you and everything to do with whatever’s going on with them.

Let’s say someone you really care about is rude and unkind to you.  Again, they wouldn’t do it if they were in their right mind.

The tendency is to take things personally because we have a sense of unworthiness and it gets triggered when people treat us poorly.

In reality, it’s a healing opportunity that’s divinely designed.  If we take it personally, we’re seeing something that isn’t there, and what we’re seeing is the meaning we made of things in the past.

I’m for clearing out all of the past where I interpreted life to be against me when it wasn’t.

We really can set ourselves free by forgiving ourselves for taking things personally.

What a relief!