[TigersEye]

My kid brother has a saying similar: "If you only knew what people thought about you, you'd be shocked at just how little!'

I was over forty when I finally realized that almost no one was thinking about me one way or the other. I don't know why it suddenly dawned on me when it did but it was clear as day that it was absolutely true. That freed up my mind and relaxed me more than anything else up to that point.

[Finny]

I was over forty when I finally realized that almost no one was thinking about me one way or the other. I don't know why it suddenly dawned on me when it did but it was clear as day that it was absolutely true. That freed up my mind ...

Yeah. I'm flirting with sixty, and even now almost didn't remember that little bit of level-headed wisdom in a recent business and work situation. I'd forgotten it and was about to make a probably stupid move until I stopped and remembered. They're probably not thinking about me a whole lot, so it's dumb to approach it as if they were. The peace of mind was sudden and sure.

I was over forty, too, when I stumbled upon my personal "set me free" bit of wisdom that widened my whole perspective, and that was "You can accomplish anything if you don't care who gets the credit." That one ... hit me like a platinum sledgehammer! It set me free!

[Vigilanteman]

Better than a big dose of sanity meds, isn’t it? (And costs a lot less than a shrink.)