In the course of any week or month, we all have many opportunities to get clear on what's really important to us, to learn, to see what gives us joy, to see what really doesn't matter, to see what's really "a means to an end," to see where we can be of greater service, and to find out about the more worthwhile and meaningful ways we can be spending our time, energy and talents.

Often, your internal musings about the opinions of others (about you) are more a matter of you talking to yourself, because they're probably not thinking what you think they're thinking. As the saying goes, you wouldn't worry about what others thought of you if you realized how infrequently they actually do.

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