🌠How to Shun! Shun! Shun the nonbeliever

Ever wake up one morning and realize to yourself:

“Jeepers self, when it comes to the standard typical person of my characteristics, why is it that people just seem to be uncomfortable around me?”

That is an excellent question indeed.

I remember once starting at a large telecomm job… and the group I was hired into – well, they were more dysfunctional than rabid mooses with an ingrown toenail (and those were the good days!).

Turns out, they had a set way to do things. And because I marched to me own drummer, so to say….

I was shunned more than any individual trying to leave any religious group.

It was utterly bizarre to me, you know – I had all these good intentions and ideas and everything I proposed was met with:

But I digress.

Things were really bad (think zero self-confidence) until one day, I had a huge talk with myself in the bathroom (aka talking at my mirror reflection) and discussed the following.

1.) (and most importantly) the group members who were responsible for giving me grief were lower on the evolutionary scale than cockroaches.

Would I give rent-free space in my mind to a cockroach? Heck no! I’d stomp on it instead.

That realization helped me stand up for myself (take away the drama reward from certain jerks… and they look for new targets.

2.) I repeated to myself approximately 9378264 times, “I am magnificent, my friendship is a gift, my skills are legendary, and anyone who decides to cross me… does so at their own risk.”

In other words, I took back my power. It didn’t matter if people laughed at me – that was their own insecurities rising to the occasion. They soon learned that trying to cause me trouble would return the favor 10-fold time.

3.) Finally, I chose to learn compassion even for these idjuts. Sure, I might cause them trouble in the future (I never forget anyone who does me wrong) BUT….

I chose to let Karma deal with them, NOT me. People can often be jerks because that’s how they were raised, nobody every showed them how to feel good without needing to put someone down, etc.etc.etc.

Life is too short for tweeblehead infections.

Your takeaway?

Never give human cockroaches rent-free space in your mind. You are strong, you are smart, you are compassionate…. and anyone who takes advantage of you is one teeny tiny excuse of a human bean.

Sing your own song as only *you* can do. Your bottom line will appreciate it.

Enjoy!

ps – and for the fully functional Shunning… enjoy!