When I sent Four agreements, lots of people said, point two is very key and how easy we forget it. Here is the second agreement from the Four Agreements (book by Don Miguel Ruiz -- Which is a excellent book by itself and costs less then ten dollars. I highly recommend you to read. If you do read or listen to the book, let me know so that we can discuss because these agreements are very close to what Swami is teaching, only different perspective or different way to present the principles to live every day):
Agreement 2
Don’t take anything personally - Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.
After seeing these mails, I thought of sharing anothe story which is related to this point.
Enjoy:
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Powell and his friend were strolling down a New York City street, walk they took on many occasions. they stopped at a newspaper vendor's stand for the daily paper, the same stand where Powell's friend always stopped. The vendor was exceedingly rude in spite of the generous tip he received. After walking away, Powell simply had to ask his friend why he was so nice to a vendor who was rude virtually every day. He said, "Why should I let him decide what kind of day I am going to have?" -- From: Why Am I Afraid To Tell You Who I Am? -- John Powell
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