Everyone Has Their Own Version Of You

Have you ever had someone say something about you or describe you and you were just completely bewildered by it?

Like where did that even come from?

Or maybe someone calls you a name and you have no idea what they're talking about.

Here's the thing.

Every single person has their own version of you in their mind.

People project onto us based on their own life experiences and their filters and we do the same to them.

For me it shows up everywhere.

A past teacher called me problematic while my grandmother would say I'm extremely helpful.

One sister thinks I'm mean and the other thinks I'm the sweetest person she's ever met.

An old co-worker said I was always in a bad mood while the lady at the grocery store says she only ever sees me smiling and that I brighten her day.

It's wild right?

People can have totally opposite views of the same person.

But it really comes down to this.

Their perception says more about them than it does about us and at the end of the day the only one who really knows who we are is ourselves.

Only we know the truth of who we are inside because only we are with ourselves 100% of the time.

So please don't worry about what people think about you.

Whatever they see,

Whatever they say,

It's not the truth.

Only you know who you are and that's all that matters.