Erma Bombeck
joked, “I will not participate in a sport where there is an ambulance
at the bottom of the hill.” It is a powerful thing to find joy and humor
in the events in our life.
Pablo Picasso once said, “Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.”
Personal growth is an art that must be followed up by action. Again, the two fears that hold people back are the fear of failure and the fear of rejection, that they won’t be loved. You can learn more about Picasso at Cleveland's Museum of Art.
Bob Dunwoody offers a cure for this; he simply says remember that nobody cares. When you take this attitude you are free from beliefs about being judged and can embrace life with a passion.
What does he mean? Think about it, there are seven billion souls on the planet. Most of us at any given time are in contact in one form or another with an estimated 250 people. Even if we make that number 25,000 people, that is still only a fraction of a percent.
So consider, how many people are held back because they are concerned what .000001 percent of the world thinks? It is a freeing position to take, and it is absolutely accurate. Yet we often get consumed with what one or two people are thinking, how they are judging, what criticisms we imagine they may launch, and that they may not accept us. But when we realize that nobody cares, it is not pessimistic; it is an optimistic view that leaves us free to be ourselves.
When you add to this the understanding that most of our fears are only imagined, it makes the number even smaller. How often have we thought someone had a certain intention but learned we were very wrong about our judgment?
So the next time you want to chase a passion and a voice arises that says, what will people think, simply reply, nothing, nobody cares.
Anthony Robbins offers tremendous insight when he reminds us, this is not that, that is not this, this is this and that is that. Be accurate in how you define any experience.
We must be careful to label any experience, to not let an experience label us, and to be sure that the words we speak and the thoughts we have serve our highest good.
Bernard Jordan shares, “When you name a thing, you define its nature.” So be careful how you label an event or a person, or an imagined intention. What matters is what you care about, so pursue it, and in the end you can inspire others to be themselves as well. Go for it, nobody cares!
Pablo Picasso once said, “Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.”
Personal growth is an art that must be followed up by action. Again, the two fears that hold people back are the fear of failure and the fear of rejection, that they won’t be loved. You can learn more about Picasso at Cleveland's Museum of Art.
Bob Dunwoody offers a cure for this; he simply says remember that nobody cares. When you take this attitude you are free from beliefs about being judged and can embrace life with a passion.
What does he mean? Think about it, there are seven billion souls on the planet. Most of us at any given time are in contact in one form or another with an estimated 250 people. Even if we make that number 25,000 people, that is still only a fraction of a percent.
So consider, how many people are held back because they are concerned what .000001 percent of the world thinks? It is a freeing position to take, and it is absolutely accurate. Yet we often get consumed with what one or two people are thinking, how they are judging, what criticisms we imagine they may launch, and that they may not accept us. But when we realize that nobody cares, it is not pessimistic; it is an optimistic view that leaves us free to be ourselves.
When you add to this the understanding that most of our fears are only imagined, it makes the number even smaller. How often have we thought someone had a certain intention but learned we were very wrong about our judgment?
So the next time you want to chase a passion and a voice arises that says, what will people think, simply reply, nothing, nobody cares.
Anthony Robbins offers tremendous insight when he reminds us, this is not that, that is not this, this is this and that is that. Be accurate in how you define any experience.
We must be careful to label any experience, to not let an experience label us, and to be sure that the words we speak and the thoughts we have serve our highest good.
Bernard Jordan shares, “When you name a thing, you define its nature.” So be careful how you label an event or a person, or an imagined intention. What matters is what you care about, so pursue it, and in the end you can inspire others to be themselves as well. Go for it, nobody cares!
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