What you think.
"What you think of me is none of my business."
I have heard folks say this quite often who want to believe it.
Imagine if you lived your life in a way that you did not care too much about how others perceived you.
What would your life look like?
Would everything change?Would you laugh less often at stupid jokes or laugh more at the truly funny jokes?
Would you tell your boss "no" more often and yourself "yes" more frequently?
Would you be more honest in your relationships?
I’ve been asked to evaluate a few folks and I realized that it doesn’t matter what I think of them.
Why is what I think of them any of their business?
Who cares what I think?
What matters is what they think of themselves.
Do I posses the power and authority to speak for another?
And the same can be said for me,what you think of me is really none of my business, right?
The problem with listening to others’ opinions about another is that those who are often the most verbose with their opinionsare the least healthy and self-reflective.
So I think I’ll start my evaluation with, "what I think of you is really none of your business.So with whatever I say, take what you like and leave the rest."
What matter is what God thinks of you and how you internalize who you are as one of God’s beloved children.
4 Comments:
hard to practice, but true nonetheless. what others think of us has such a pull.. a nasty tendency of drowning out what (and Who) is truly important.
my sermon a couple of weeks ago was called none of your business - about extreme independence and not daring to need or receive from the body of Christ.
I had to think about this because I admit, I care what others think of me and allow it to influence me. I've been much better at recognising that pattern in the last few years.
I like what you said....take what you want and leave the rest.
There is more I want to say but am too tired.
a friend of mine came out of rehab with that phrase with a little peppery language thrown in for good measure.
it has stayed with me for a very long time and it is difficult to grasp ahold of - we should not be defined by what others think of us However, i believe God has spoken to me through some very *unfavorite* people of mine since i don't always get to choose the messenger and He needs to get to me somehow because i also tend to drown out His voice, as well.
hoping that made a scintilla of sense.
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