THE MIND BOGGLES!!

Change Your Life | Thursday August 13th 2026 No. 977

 

 

 

 

This Week's Reflection

 

It's normal that we should worry about what others think of us but we all know that normal is... bad.

 

First of all, worry is bad in itself - a self-destructive chain of useless thought that always takes us away for the here and now, thus disabling our ability to take real action or, indeed, even behave ourselves.

 

Furthermore, thinking about what others think of us takes us even further away from the reality of the moment into w world of thinking about others thinking about what we're thinking about ourselves. If you need to reread that sentence, now's the moment!

 

Others don't care, they don't give a damn, too wrapped up as they are in thinking about themselves and thinking about what we might be thinking about what they're thinking about themselves! They don't give a damn to the point that their removal from reality doesn't just disable them from taking proper action or behaving, it disables them from actually looking after themselves.

 

Now, you know that you need to look after yourself - you are the most important person in your life. This enables you the better look after those closest to you because, exceptionally, they may be people who do actually care for and about you or, at the very least, depend upon you.

 

When we pay due attention to our own "little" world, we impact the worlds of those around us and the world at large - the world needs us to stop thinking.