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“A currently popular misinterpretation of metaphysical wisdom is the notion that we cause - and are responsible for - the behavior of everyone around us at all times. The truth is, we are responsible only for ourselves. We can control only our response to and interpretation of events. [...] Not everything in your life happens TO you - or even AT you. [...] For example, if you are around a chronically angry person, you will be "angered upon". Nothing personal!”

ResponsibilitySpiritual LifeOther PeopleOther People S Happiness
Book:The Psychic Pathway: A Workbook for Reawakening the Voice of Your Soul
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“And were they happy together? Sally asked ...; for, she admitted, she knew nothing about them, only jumped to conclusions, as one does, for what can one know even of the people one lives with every day? she asked. Are we not all prisoners? She had read a wonderful play about a man who scratched on the wall of his cell, and she had felt that was true of life — one scratched on the wall.”

Other PeopleKnowing PeopleOther People S HappinessDo We Really Know AnyoneOther People S ShoesWe Don T Know Anyone
Book:Mrs. Dalloway
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“I had never before considered that people near me might have problems that were not caused by me. I had been created to please people. If the people around me weren't happy, I must be doing something wrong. Lynn helped me see that I lacked the power to make other people feel anything.”

Ego CentricChild Abuse SurvivorPeople PleasingPeople PleaserMaking Others HappyNot About YouOther People S HappinessAll My Fault
Book:The Flock: The Autobiography of a Multiple Personality
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