"People Pleasing"

Right as I was writing this post, I caught a broadcast of one of Charlie Sheen's interviews in the other room, yes I said it. And perhaps I am now contributing to the madness, but you know, you need to give credit where credit is due. I am very interested in this topic, but the topic title was given to me courtesy of our friend, Sheen. I wanted to write about it, but I did not have a perfect title for this, and as I started typing, coincidentally he started talking about "People Pleasing" and being "authentic."

So, anyway . . .

I am interested in this and want to write about it because I think it is very powerful. If you can discover and master this, then you have an all natural superpower at your fingertips.

When a person can do something without thinking about how others will view them, then that person has achieved ultimate freedom!

I am not saying one must be careless and apathetic. I am saying the opposite. The little critic critter inside my brain is always aware of other people and constantly reminding me of what they might think if I do something...anything. If I wear something, or eat something, or breathe something, or lick something, or say something or dance something. But this little critter is totally irrational because he (or she?) cannot possibly know what anyone is really thinking. I have a responsibility to myself to do what is in the best interest for myself and however people react is my opportunity to keep adjusting the situation or reaction. Therefore, in this scenario, I am living in the moment. I take the reactions to my actions and keep adjusting. I get it, I get it, I totally get it now what it means to "live in the present". No way to fix the past and no way to foresee the future, just have the opportunity to adjust to whatever is happening in the now, now, now...in little tiny increments, in 'small doses'.


OOooOOLaLa how this all makes sense to me! It's a game, it's kind of very fun...choose your own adventure!!!