Post 34: Other People's Opinions

Learning to trust myself was hard. I wanted to do things others told me were stupid, pointless, worthless, lazy, or even bad. I would have a desire and then I would think about what everyone else thought of my wish. I constantly worried about how everything I did would be judged.

My own personal experience, however, almost never involved judging other people. I was cool with someone else being different from me. Who cares if they are happy and not hurting anyone?

I really don’t mind if you think differently than me, so why am I minding when you have a different opinion just because it is about me? Honestly, I don’t.

Out of eight billion people, there must be a few that aren’t judging me. Most of them don’t even know me. So, if most people don’t think about me ever, some do and don’t care, and a few do and don’t like my decisions, why am I allowing that small group of people to bother me?

The only opinion I should really hold in high regard is my own. Now, my opinion might be that I really do care what my parent’s think, or my significant other, or a good friend. That is my choice though. Even then, if I come to an instance where someone whose opinion I have deemed to matter to me is dramatically different than mine, I should still hold how I feel as the most important input.

~Ryan Lynch

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