Interesting interview with a volunteer who signed up to test a covid vaccine. In speaking of the praise she has been receiving for doing this, she says:
And I talked to a trusted advisor, a spiritual leader, that I've turned to in the past. She said, ‘If somebody criticizes you or is mean to you, it's because they're projecting or they have something else going on in their life. So you don't take that personally.’ And she helped me understand that this is just the flip side of that.That praise is also not to be taken personally, and it's not about me. It's about people looking for hope and some kind of positive future. And so that really helped me release and pass on the positive messages I was receiving.
That is true for everyone I suppose - struggling to make sense of praise that feels unwarranted and even undeserved. We try to be as gracious as well can about it, some will be self-deprecating to turn attention away from themselves, yet others will accept it without much fuss and move in. Deep inside, it is not probably not uncommon to feel confused about the kind of praise this vaccine tester is receiving.
And I talked to a trusted advisor, a spiritual leader, that I've turned to in the past. She said, ‘If somebody criticizes you or is mean to you, it's because they're projecting or they have something else going on in their life. So you don't take that personally.’ And she helped me understand that this is just the flip side of that.That praise is also not to be taken personally, and it's not about me. It's about people looking for hope and some kind of positive future. And so that really helped me release and pass on the positive messages I was receiving.
That is true for everyone I suppose - struggling to make sense of praise that feels unwarranted and even undeserved. We try to be as gracious as well can about it, some will be self-deprecating to turn attention away from themselves, yet others will accept it without much fuss and move in. Deep inside, it is not probably not uncommon to feel confused about the kind of praise this vaccine tester is receiving.
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