Removing ourselves from the center of everything - 主播阿Guy

各位客官记得打赏扔荔枝啊！ When we go about our day, we tell ourselves a story about what’s happening … and at the center of that narrative is a single person. Ourselves. When I talk to myself about how so-and-so is inconsiderate or treated me badly, when I tell myself that it’s OK to procrastinate because I’m tired and not in the mood … I’m at the center of this movie. It’s an ongoing story about my life and everything around me, with me at the center. I’m sure you can relate — you’re at the center of your movie as well. It’s natural, and there’s nothing wrong with doing this. But some difficulties can arise from this self-centered view of the world: We interpret other people’s actions as it relates to us, so that they are helping or harming us … giving us what we want or getting in the way of what we want. But their actions aren’t really about us — their actions are about them, because they are at the center of their own stories. When we interpret their self-...