I can’t be reminded often enough that the world as I see it is a creation of my own mind. Some days my world is rosy and feels at equilibrium. That is a function of how I am choosing to look at the world. Other days, like today, I feel some anxiety in my world, that I need to watch my back, to protect myself defensively. That, too, is a product of the internal workings of my mind.
I can stop, take a look at how my world appears and remind myself that the pure divinity within me is untouched by the thoughts in my mind, doesn’t answer to others’ perceptions of me and is always OK. I can remember that I control almost nothing when it comes to other people’s thoughts and actions but they don’t touch the real me, the truth of my nature as a child of God.
I can rest in the truth of that reality, pause to give compassion to those who reject, demean, or judge me. I can actively work towards recognizing each being as an aspect of our shared creator and in so doing, realize my oneness with all that is.