Do you pay much attention to what others think of you?

I pay a little bit of attention to what others think of me.  Mostly though I don't let myself worry about the thoughts of others concerning me. If I give someone reason to think bad of me, then that is another story. I woud feel sad that I gave a bad example and that they probably thought that I was unreasonable or ignorant. 

I don't have many people in my life who think  something bad about me so I can not say for sure just how that would feel to me.  If I had that kind of relationship, most likely I would just avoid them and would not be over anxious to defend or prove anything to them.  If they were to make an effort to confront me with their feelings I would not hesitate to deal with it then in the best way I could and would try to be gentle as possible.

Here on Zaadz this question begs to be dealt with, because we can write blogs and others will comment on them either in a positive way or a negative way.  Here,  I am a student of how to react to a negative comment, and I am trying to be very understanding and trying to control my thoughts in response to negative comments.  II find myself answering people and really taking a long time refining what I say, to be sure that I don't just react with not well thought out comments.  This is a great place to learn how to talk to one another, how to relate in such a way that you can say what you feel but at the same time not come across as a 'know it al' or as an angry person. 

I do wish however that when we answer or comment to someone about what they have said, that it not be seen as our being angry or upset, but simply our putting our thoughts on a subject into the stew and hopefully bringing about a new way of thinking that might actually be helpful.