Don’t be easily offended. Don’t internalize what other people  say. If you do, it will effect your emotions in a negative way. In other words, don’t let compliments go to your head or criticisms go to you heart. 

I was on vacation a few years ago with my family. My youngest daughter, Jessie, was watching her niece while my oldest daughter Stephanie
was checking out of her hotel room. I was walking out to the car with Jessie who was carrying Kelsi in a car seat when a man leaving the hotel, made the comment, “They get younger and younger.” 

My daughter and I both thought this man was thinking my 16 year old daughter was the mother of her niece. Jessie said, “This is not my baby. It is my sister’s.” The man replied, “No, I didn’t think that. I was referring to the football the baby was holding.” The man thought it was funny that a one year old was playing with a big football. These are two totally different perceptions of one situation. 

I love this picture. Some see a rabbit, some see a duck, and some see both animals. It is all a matter of perspective, and the way you hold the page. Turn the book counter clockwise, and you will see a duck. Turn it back and you see a rabbit. 

We all see things from a different angle. If there is an accident with five people watching, we will get five different stories of the same accident. The same is true with life. We all live life from a different perspective. What one person loves, another person dislikes. What someone sees as trash, another person sees as a treasure. When we make assumptions, we will have many disappointments in life.