If you’re truly interested in leveling up your life, and you want to consider yourself an evolved human – then I’d like to offer something you can do.
When somebody treats us poorly, we often give in to our natural instinct to REACT from a place of anger or fear.
There’s nothing wrong with us because we do this.
It’s a primal, survival mechanism to either run away from this person who wronged you, or fight back and protect yourself.
We all do this, myself included of course.
If you’re able to change the way you react when somebody wrongs you then you’re going against your natural survival instincts.
When you do this, you’re rewiring your brain to evolve new neural pathways.
You are literally becoming an evolved human being because this is NOT the way your brain is supposed to work be default.
I don’t know about you, but I don’t just naturally love somebody who wrongs me in some way 🙂
Until recently, I could never wrap my head around the whole “turn the other cheek idea” until I learned how it’s really not about the other person.
It’s about doing it for ME and MY evolution.
If we can see that the way we react to them is actually about us and not about them, then that’s a game changer.
Sure, they can benefit too – but it doesn’t have to be about them at all.
Do it so you can evolve to another level.
Move past the primal reaction and into the extraordinary.
When somebody wrongs you, choose a response that represents growth and evolution for you.
My all time favourite response is: no response. Oh, and also laughter. Smiling and walking away is a good one too 🙂
This understanding really helped me and I hope it serves you as well as it served me.
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See, for me, I think if the other person faces no consequences, they’ll just do it again and again. I don’t want that, but if I’m going to do so something about it, it needs to be response that’s calm and calculated. Though at most I’m probably just going to withhold help they need until I get a sincere apology.