IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU!!

IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU!

Have you ever gone into a market, department store or any place where you need service, and the person who is at the counter doesn't acknowledge you? By that I mean...doesn't look directly at you...say hello....thank you....or respond to your thank you with a direct "your welcome"? The person doesn't smile; and, you can tell from their body language that they are hostile with a bad attitude.

What is your response? Do you absorb their angry/cold attitude like a sponge and then become a mirror image of their behavior? Do you then pass that hostility on to others?

Well, STOP and think about how this affects those you meet through out the rest of your day. Angry/hostile people can wield personal power over others without really trying.

So, how can you not perpetuate this anger on to others you meet? Recognize that something that occurred in that person's personal life (days, weeks, years ago), is unresolved and really has nothing to do with you. Remember, anger is a secondary emotion, and that another emotion came before that. When you understand that statement, perhaps it can help you so that what you had experienced is not internalized in your personal life. That person who carries around their anger and projects it on to other...well, it has nothing to do with you.