Lessons from People Who Don't Care What You Think of Them

Not caring about what others think of you comes partly from getting older.You stop thinking you need to please everyone.

You also begin to realize all the people you thought were thinking of you when you were younger weren’t at all. They, like you, were too consumed with their own needs.

But liberation from judgement also comes from knowing your values and living them. When you know what you stand for and live in harmony with your principles, you don’t get worked up when people are soured by what you say or do.

The folks I admire understand those disagreement have less to do with the person but more to do with the philosophy they’ve adopted for their life.

They possess a resilience in thinking, which says, “This is what I think. You can stay on or get off, but I’m moving on.”

But most importantly, people who don't care what you think believe themselves to be worthy of love, unbridled joy, mindfully exploring what else life has in store for them, and a happy BEING.

They understand that aging is not about an arbitrary number, but about a culture around those numbers they have the power to shape.

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