Social networks often what we judge ourselves on

Life is about many things not least of which is the ability to have faith.

It can often be hard to believe in yourself, especially if you feel like you have nothing to offer or are unworthy of things.

That is when you need to start having faith in yourself and that there is a greater power than yourself to call upon and that you are worthy and you are capable and so stop worrying about what other people think about you.

Since you can’t control other people’s thoughts, and since neither people nor their thoughts are perfect, there’s no point in living life based on your fantasies of other people’s fantasies about you.

The fact of the matter is unfortunately, we non-psychopaths are built to care what others think of us. It’s part of our socialprimate biology.

Your social network of friends’ opinions affects your every move.

When you hate speaking in public, or being asked your opinion about something you’re anticipating your social network’s judgment. I speak from experience.

Until I took control, my life was dictated to by my social network of friends who were totally, misaligned with my true self.

As a result, I did things that held no joy for me, never felt I was good enough, and believed that if people knew who I really was, they’d despise me.

Sound familiar? You too may live in fear of being rejected by your social network. If so it is time to dump them.

An atheist was walking through the woods.

‘ ‘ What majestic trees! What powerful rivers! What beautiful animals!,’’ he said to himself. As he was walking alongside the river, he heard a rustling in the bushes behind him.

He turned to look and saw a two meter grizzly bear charge towards him.

He ran as fast as he could up the path. He looked over his shoulder and saw that the bear was closing in on him.

He looked over his shoulder again, and the bear was even closer.

He tripped and fell on the ground and suddenly saw that the bear was right on top of him, reaching for him with his left paw and raising his right paw to strike him.

At that instant the Atheist cried out, ‘‘ Oh my God!’’ Time Stopped. The bear froze. The forest was silent. As a bright light shone upon the man, a voice came from the sky.

‘‘You deny my existence for all these years, tell others I don’t exist and even credit creation to cosmic accident, and now you expect me to help you out of this predicament? Am I to count you as a believer?’’

The atheist looked directly into the light. ‘‘It would be hypocritical of me to suddenly ask you to treat me as a Christian now, but perhaps you could make the bear a Christian?’’

‘‘Very well,’’ said the voice. The light went out. The sounds of the forest resumed.

And the bear dropped his right paw, brought both paws together, bowed his head and said: ‘‘Bless this food, which I am about to receive. . .’’

Stop having such omnipotent faith in other people’s opinions and beliefs.