06.28.08
Agreements
World Champion speaker Ed Tate recommended to me the book “The Four Agreements.” In it, author Don Miguel Ruiz talks about how we can improve our lives. His message includes a point that I regularly make in my workshops: Don’t take anything personally.
“There is a huge amount of freedom that comes to you when you take nothing personally….no spell can affect you regardless of how strong it may be.” Taking things personally makes us an easy target for predators who can hook us and then feed us the poison of their opinions.”
We shouldn’t take their words to heart. They may just be trying to be funny–or even not.
Case in point: Once when I was paying my bill at the vet’s office, the receptionist told me, “Trina I LOVE your new glasses. But I could never wear something like that, because my boyfriend already thinks I look like a dork!”
I could have taken that comment personally. I like my glasses, even if they are SpongeBob Squarepants Beach Fun. But instead, I chose to laugh at the absurdity of that sentence, appreciate her use of the English language, and then use it in my act.
She may or may not have had any malice behind her comment. It doesn’t matter–and that is the point Ruiz is trying to tell us. What matters is what WE do with the comment, how WE interpret that. And if we learn to see the world in a humorous way, even the worst comments can become something to laugh about!
The more that people see us laugh and not get upset so easily, the more we become a Shining Example to help others to “Get Your SHINE Together!”
