Whose Business Is It Anyway?

 

"Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then where are you?" ~ Fanny Brice

I have to think about that.  I do catch myself worrying about what people think of me, how I look, how I speak, what I say and what I've done with my life.

"What You Think of Me is None of My Business" is the title of a book by spiritual evangelist Terry Cole-Whittaker.  That title alone was enough to make me stop and think about how I function in the world.  I can only be me because that is the only person I know enough about to be.

“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.” ~ Theodor Geisel  

So there you have it.  Wear red today.  Be yourself.  Red gives you energy, wakes up the people around you.  Be true to yourself and the rest will follow.  You don't have to get in people's faces to be yourself.  Quiet strength perseveres while bombastic and arrogant people eventually burn either themselves or everyone else around them out.  Be the beacon on the center of your world.

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

So whose life are you living today?  I am asking myself again and again and again.  Sooner or later, I will firmly believe I am living my life the way it is to be lived.  

And the funny thing is, no matter what I believe, I am already doing just that!