I run into one of my fellow students of the exercise class. She was surprised to see me again. She thought I already moved to other state. I never mentioned such things to her.
According to her, our exercise instructor mentioned to the class, that we had already moved to East Coast. This time, it was my turn to be surprised at what I heard from her.
I didn’t like being treated as something like a ghost, who are not supposed to be here.
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I felt anger to the instructor. Why did she do such a stupid thing? Why did she spread the wrong information about me to the entire class which includes some people whom I know and whom I hardly know?
From the anger, I felt like calling the person. I wanted to complain to her and yell at her.
However, I didn’t do so. I don’t like being angry at anything and anybody. I quickly took several deep breaths. That helped meto calm down.
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After I came back home, I did a meditation. It was “Letting go and surrendering meditation” guided by Denise Lynn.
This meditation helped me to see this event objectively from the other side.
As a matter of fact, this is not the first time. I went through the similar experiences from this instructor’s gossiping about me. That is why I had stopped attending to her class long time ago. I haven’t seen her for quite a while. I am in the safe place.
It is not my responsibility to point out that to her. If she keeps doing this bad habit (gossiping), people will eventually notice it and stop attending at her class. This is her lesson to learn.
It is though, my responsibility to keep my inner peace, no matter what.
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Everything happens for a reason. Although I had gone through the similar experiences from this person or another individuals before, I get mad every time when it happens.
What did this event teach me?
Then, I realized these answers for my question.
—First, I don’t like being gossiped.—
There is some ways that I can avoid being gossiped. I should be alert to people. I should tell my private information to only my trustworthy friends, never to the other people whom I don’t fully trust.
I recall I wrote about Eleanor Roosevelt’s quote in my past article. I should keep her quote in my mind.
“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”
Knowing what I don’t like helps me to know what I like. I like people with great minds who discuss ideas. I should focus my energy to attract only “great minds people” in my life.
— Second, don’t waste my energy and time for others.—
Know that there are some people who love gossiping. Don’t even mind them at all. Cut the energy cords with them. Let go and move on.
So, I learned these lessons from this event.
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