"Nobody is Thinking About You in the First Place"
I recently read this most humorous and somewhat depressing quote. "When you're 20, you care what everyone thinks. When you're 40, you stop caring what everyone thinks. When you're 60, you realize no one was ever thinking about you in the first place." I turned 40 in 2016 and when I read this, I thought wow, the part about the 20's and 40's was spot on. I cared so much what other people thought of me when I was younger and now it seems, I'm content to be me and let those that aren't, go by the wayside. Over the years I've had my share of personal growth, acceptance and quite frankly a fair amount of counseling. All leading me to the conclusion that 'I am who I am". That's all great, so where does the depressing part kick in? Um..."nobody is thinking about me in the first place"?! Am I going to realize someday that the things I say, do, or worse yet, post, don't mean anything to anyone. As I pondered this idea,...
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