Inner Peace Upon Reflection

I read something recently (https://link.medium.com/pZHYxyWtNU) that caused me to reassess my inner self peace.

I’ve struggled my entire life, since grade school, with the concept of social acceptance as a measure of my self worth or value. I tend to be an overtly blunt person, to a fault I suspect. But even so I’ve always been comfortable with that personally. Though, I often wondered if there was a better way or I should be more concerned what other people think of me.

This article I read made me realize its not what other people think of me that matters, its who those other people are that matter.

I realized that most of those I recall whom did not seem to like, accept, or include me in their realm were actually people for whom I did not want to be inlcuded. In other words, these people who acted like they did not like me were in fact not nice people (in my assessment). Why should it matter to me what “mean” people think of me?

Those people who I do value, whose morals ethics and character are such that I admire, respect, and wish to emulate actually do seem to like me (when they get to know me better).

Therefore, what is really important is who these people are, who thinks what is more important that what who thinks, or something like that.

This gave me comfort upon reflection that possibly I have not been missing the mark and my priorities are well aligned.

Still, I should be nicer even to those who are not nice to me.