Aug 22 2008
Do They Try to Push You Around?
People who want to get ahead but can’t seem to get ahead are often stopped by fear.
They might be afraid of failure. They might be afraid of success. There are several other fears that will often stand between someone and their happiness.
Bur one of the most crippling and tenacious fears that many face is the fear of what others may think.
If you are hiding your true self because you are afraid that others may judge you or ridicule you, stop it right now. Your thoughts and beliefs are yours alone, and no one has the right to make you feel bad or wrong about the positions you hold or the things you enjoy pursuing.
Even though I have researched and mastered several simple but effective release techniques, the fear of what others think still rears it’s ugly head in my own experience.
Just last night, I was with a group of friends and one of them started to ridicule a resource that has meant a lot to me. This is a good guy but extremely conservative and would regard anything that deals with “thoughts becoming things” as “New Age” and “wacky.” I calmly said, “I own that resource,” and he dropped it.
There was a time that I would have simply kept my mouth shut while he had his say. And I certainly choose not be confrontational (because it’s his right to believe whatever he chooses to believe, too), but I will also not be made to feel foolish because I’m open-minded. I have a right to believe and explore whatever I want to, and I choose not to be afraid of ideas.
If you are getting pushed around by people who judge you and belittle your ideas, it’s time for you make a stand. It’s time for you to change your thoughts about what is and is not allowable. You don’t have to be confrontational, but you may have to be firm – firm with them, and firm enough in your convictions to do your own thing no matter what kind of pressure people bring to bear.
