The wrong interpretation

(This is a continuation of our energy block series. You can find the others here, here, and here.)

How often have you known exactly what someone else is thinking?

He totally ghosted me because he didn’t like me.
She glared at me in a recognizable way. I know what that look means.
They hate me. 100% sure.

In all of these situations, the drain on your ability to persevere is dampened. You may start running circles in your mind about what you did wrong. You may get angry and start preparing a defense of how you’re right and how to fight back. Your gremlin may add a list to its “tsk, tsk, tsk” shit list about you. You may just shut down.

All of these defense mechanisms are a direct result of your belief that you knew what happened in that situation.

But did you really know?

This is the power of interpretations. It is the idea that, guess what, you’re not a mind reader!! You certainly have an interpretation of the situation, but you’re often not correct.

While these aren’t as powerful as the previous two energy blocks, it is certainly a more devious one to catch. It often takes others bringing this to your attention for you to realize you’re doing this. Something that, say, a skilled coach could help you with. 😘

When you are made aware of these lines of thinking in action, the way to manage it is to ask yourself: what are 3 other interpretations of that situation? What else could that person be thinking? How else could that facial expression landed on their face? What is another possible reason you weren’t texted back?

It is a remarkable experience once you realize you’re not the main focus of everyone’s thoughts. There are so many reasons this or that could be happening that don’t have to do with you. You are more free to release and let go. And, most importantly, you’re able to focus your energy on things that are more important to you.

Who doesn’t want a little more energy?