Close your eyes and imagine that you just bought yourself the most fabulous pair of amazing, kick ass and snazzy new shoes. You’re feeling awesome, got a spring in your step and bouncing into your day full of inspiration, optimism and confidence. You’re bopping along when all of a sudden it happens. Someone, maybe a co-worker, loved one or random stranger at the bust station stops right in front of you, drops their pants and proceeds to produce an enormous, massive, and explosive pile of shit right there, right in front of you. Horrifying, right? So what do you do? You probably wouldn’t think “Oh boy, how wonderful this giant pile of shit is, to hell with my new shoes, let me just jump right in there with both feet and dance around a bit.” More than likely, after your initial horror, you would choose to step around it and keep moving on with your day, leaving the giant pile and its administrator where they are.
So why is it that so often when we are presented with somebody else’s “shit” such as their judgments, opinions, resentments, assumptions and nastiness, do we not only step right into it, but pick it up, play with it, snuggle it close and choose to call it our own? Don’t we have enough of our own shit to deal with? Is there some shit shortage on the horizon that we are stocking up for? Some sort of SHITpocalypse?
Just like when we are stepping out in our brand new fancy shoes, every day is a new day to venture out into the world with our brand new selves and every moment gives us the choice to either jump in to other people’s judgements, fears, resentments and assumptions with both feet or simply step around them and stay in our own lane. Remember; at the end of the day, other people’s shit does not have to become our reality. -G Silva
So why is it that so often when we are presented with somebody else’s “shit” such as their judgments, opinions, resentments, assumptions and nastiness, do we not only step right into it, but pick it up, play with it, snuggle it close and choose to call it our own? Don’t we have enough of our own shit to deal with? Is there some shit shortage on the horizon that we are stocking up for? Some sort of SHITpocalypse?
Just like when we are stepping out in our brand new fancy shoes, every day is a new day to venture out into the world with our brand new selves and every moment gives us the choice to either jump in to other people’s judgements, fears, resentments and assumptions with both feet or simply step around them and stay in our own lane. Remember; at the end of the day, other people’s shit does not have to become our reality. -G Silva
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