Hi Rio, I believe we become who we think we are. If you walk in a room feeling small and worthless people will see this and treat you accordingly. If you walk into a room liking yourself and ready to have a good time people will see this and act accordingly. Our minds are so powerful. Understanding yourself and harnessing this power is awesome.........

I live by this and still sometimes I have my doubts about myself but I deal with it. Since there are so many people in a room, they all have their own issues and all of this stuff smashes together and the outcomes won't always be fluffy. Bottom line for me is I know myself, I like myself and if someone else does not like me, their opinion will not supercede my own.......

Oh yeah, one more thing. When we are involved in a situation we aren't too good at decifering what is going on with other people. I have a list of all of the times that I didn't interpret someone's intensions correctly. I had such a bad track record that I quit doing it. Now I just assume that I have no idea why someone did something unless they explain it to me. This helps a lot in cutting down on useless data from others that interferes with us.