Before I was twenty I never worried about what other people thought of me. But after I was twenty I worried endlessly — about all the impressions I made and how people were evaluating me. Only sometime after turning fifty did I realize that they hardly ever thought about me at all.

Anthony de Mello in One Minute Wisdom by Anthony de Mello

 

To Practice This Thought:
Give up worrying about what other people think about you.

 

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