Magical Chest

When you want to develop yourself in some area, think about sculpting yourself instead of seeing it as building some quality. I have found this to make a huge difference.

Sharing a few tips on how to not get hurt when other people criticize or insult you or make negative comments about you.

Your beliefs determine the reality you live in. You are free to choose them, so pick some that serve you and express who you truly are.

You are not responsible for other people’s feelings. They are. Don’t try to avoid hurting others, it is inappropriate, disrespectful and not helpful to them!

You are 100% responsible for your own feelings. You have full power to choose how you feel at any given time, no matter what the external circumstances are.

Trusting everybody is safe because we are safe at all times, unless we make ourselves unsafe by choice. Trust is necessary for love to flow.

Whether you choose to spend time with someone or not has nothing to do with how much you love them. It is a strategic time-management choice, not a love issue.

An example of an empowering mindset that helps in having a wonderful social life.

To defend yourself against manipulators, it helps to have a strong set of beliefs and attitudes based on self-acceptance, responsibility and detachment.

Until my early twenties I was the shyest person on Earth. As a kid I thought other kids were strange and cruel little monsters. Later I still saw others as dangerous. When someone talked to me I got very nervous and tried to hide it. I thought I needed to protect myself from them. [...]