Dearest Readers,<\/p>\n
When I was 18 years old I worked at Mountain Equipment Co-op in Toronto. It was a really fun place to work because the staff were all outdoor-loving people who really lived the life they were selling.<\/p>\n
One of our products for sale at the time was a t-shirt that said, “I don’t care what you think.” There were more than a few of us who bought one and wore it to work. That t-shirt made me feel cool. However, I always felt like a liar when I wore it because in fact, deep down, I did<\/i> care what you thought of me.<\/p>\n
About ten years ago, when I first got on the healing path, a woman said to me, “What other people think of me is none of my business.” She was giving me a tool to counter the self-centered mind, the fear of other people’s judgment, the people-pleasing perfectionist.<\/p>\n
For years I have worked on letting go of what other people think of me. I’ve made great progress but I find it hugely challenging. It’s especially difficult when critics say what they think of me in newspapers. Not only do I have to let go of what the critic thinks about me but what all the readers are going to think of me after they read the piece!<\/p>\n
I’ve recently heard some criticism around the fact that I’ve hired a composer from outside the Yukon to co-write a Yukon Anthem for the Big O Project. It doesn’t matter that I am the co-writer and I was born here, it doesn’t matter that this person loves the Yukon with all his heart, it doesn’t matter that the majority of Yukoners are not “from” here anyway. <\/p>\n
It doesn’t even matter that the song is called “Live in Peace”!<\/p>\n
None of this matters to the critic. To the critic the song is crap because the composer is from Toronto.<\/p>\n
“What other people think is none of my business.” Folks, I’m a work-in-progress on this one today.<\/p>\n
Inspiring Message of the Day: I’m doing the best I can with what I’ve got. We can’t please everybody! If someone doesn’t like who I am or what I do I will remember that it’s none of my business and I will do my best not to take it on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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