"Don't Take It Personally..."

"Who, me??"

I have a problem. Probably something I need to work on in my life. (Well, there are several things I need to work on: impatience, correcting people's grammar, trying to explain my thought process..) But I have discovered a new one. In my life, I take things WWAAYY too personally. For example: During rehearsals for Pickleville, I was a little upset with my director because he wouldn't let me help with a scene change. Silly, right? He just had too many bodies on stage, but because he didn't want ME to help, I figured I must've offended him or I was too weak or something.

I figured this out last night. Between everything happening in my life, I was(/am) stressed to the MAX, and one little discussion with an individual set me over the edge. I called my sister in tears, convinced that they just didn't like me and they were trying to cut me out. Possibly the overreaction of the month. She kept telling me, "Don't take it personally," and when I finally listened to her and looked at it from their point of view, I realized that it is rarely ever really about me. I felt really stupid and immature for freaking out.

The whole phrase, "Be ye not offended" is TOTALLY going up somewhere so I can see it everyday. It's quite the experience when you realize that you have a fault you definitely need to work on. I'm grateful I did figure it out, because I think life will be a lot happier for me if I let it go.