“Even though you are different, people assume you are the
same; they hardly notice the change unless you express yourself. But at a
certain point, you no longer play their game. You don’t take on their
addictions, and you don’t join in their gossiping. You no longer care so much
about their drama, about their anger, their jealousy, because you know they are
dreaming. And you know they don’t mean it when they tell you something unkind.”
~ don Miguel Ruiz
George Bernard Shaw once quipped that “the only man who
behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew every time he sees
me, while all the rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit
them.”
This is profound wisdom! When you grow and change, most of
the people around you won’t notice the change and will go on treating you as
they always had. If at all possible, when you begin your transformation, you
may need to also change your associations. As Jim Rohn said, you are the
average of your five closest friends. If you have left behind negativity,
gossip, anger, and slander, but your friends still live in that space, then
guess what? You will revert back to that way of being.
I believe this is why the recidivism rate is so high. When a
person is released from prison, instead of going to new surroundings to begin a
new life, they go back to the life that encouraged the behaviors that
incarcerated them in the first place.
When you make a transformational change, you must do it all
the way. The Master Teacher once said that no prophet is honored in his native
town. This is because everyone knew them before and will not accept the transformation.
So, just for today, if you are shifting into a new way of
being, go on a cruise and feel into your new self!
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