You can’t calm the storm. What you can do is calm yourself, and the storm will gradually pass. So do your best to breathe when negativity surrounds you today.
Let calmness be your superpower. The ability to not overreact or take things too personally keeps your mind clear and your heart at peace, which ultimately gives you the upper hand.Also, remind yourself that people are hard to be around when they believe everything happening around them is a direct assault on them, or is in some way all about them.
Don’t fall into this trap. What people say and do is much more about them, than you. People’s reactions to you are about their perspectives, wounds, and experiences.
Whether people think you’re amazing or believe you’re the worst, again, is more about the storms they are going through and how they view the world.Now I’m not suggesting we should be self-indulged narcissists and ignore all the opinions and commentary we receive from others.
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