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Mar 30, 2011 · More than one-hundred years before the cites above, in 1838, the American clergyman William Ellery Channing said the following [YWEC] [SWEC]: No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down, in knowledge, power, virtue, influence, but by your own consent.
- William Ellery Channing
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- Progress May Have Been All Right Once, But It Went On Too Long
Tenner, a visiting scholar at Princeton, is not one of those...
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- William Ellery Channing
- Reacting to Being Snubbed
- Not Reacting to Being Snubbed
- It’S About them, Not You
- Victims of Our Own Thoughts
- Displacing Reactive Thoughts with Compassion
One time when I worked in Community Education in Scotland I was heading to a training course with Kate, a colleague of mine. Neither of us drove, so we took the train, which involved a bit of walking at the other end. As it happened, we weren’t entirely sure where we were heading, and so Kate suggested that I ask a pedestrian who was walking on the...
In a contrasting example, the other day as I left the building where I live, a woman was heading in the opposite direction. I said “Good morning” to her as I passed. All I got in response was a startled gaze. Now I could have taken this personally. And in fact I could sense that part of me wanted to. But I very quickly realized that she probably di...
Even if someone directs anger or criticism against you, you don’t have to take it personally. The other person may be having a bad day or a bad week. Perhaps they are having a bad life! It may be that you’re just the person who happened to be near them when they had an outburst. So just reminding yourself of the phrase, “It’s about them, not about ...
Often, when someone treats us in a way we don’t like, we run through a very rapid set of thoughts, something like this: 1. That person treated me rudely. 2. Therefore they don’t respect me. 3. Therefore they don’t think I’m worthy of respect. 4. Therefore they think I’m worthless. 5. Therefore I don’t matter to others. And so you feel unhappy, beca...
When someone behaves toward us in a way that triggers thoughts of our inferiority, one antidote is to consider that they are suffering. This is a constant factor in all bad behavior. If the other person is suffering, and doesn’t have the self-compassion or mindfulness to deal with that, then they’ll tend to act out in ways that hurt others. By cons...
May 24, 2022 · Despite popular belief, no one can make you feel anything. While other people can affect your mood, they’re not responsible for your feelings.
- Claudia Cole
Jun 17, 2024 · The way we treat each other can help us feel like we belong—or not. Belonging is the sense that we’re part of a larger group that accepts and values us for who we are, to which we can contribute; we feel like we have roots, maybe even a home.
Feb 2, 2021 · Feeling like people don’t understand us can make us feel even more lonely than we would if we were home alone. It’s as if the people are acting like a mirror and showing us our worst nightmares. Self-critical thoughts will run through our minds.
The feeling that “no one cares about me” could be a symptom of a mental health condition such as depression, anxiety, or bipolar disorder. You may feel that no one else understands what you’re going through and may isolate yourself from others.
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Life provides turning points of many kinds, but the most powerful of all may be character-revealing moments. They go right to the heart of who we are.
