Upside-Down Wisdom #4: Personalization

“Quit taking it personal.”

It sounds like solid advice.
Like a wise mantra for emotional maturity.

But here’s the thing:
If it looks personal, you will take it personally.
Telling yourself not to won’t change that.

Because it’s not about managing your reaction.
It’s about seeing the truth:

Nothing is ever truly personal.

People aren’t responding to you.
They’re responding to their thoughts—their stories, their states of mind, their moment of consciousness.

Even you aren’t responding to what happened.
You’re responding to the meaning your mind created about what happened.

So here’s today’s Upside-Down Wisdom:
It only feels personal when it looks real.
Once you see it’s thought, there’s nothing left to take personally.