In his book The Four Agreements Don Miguel Ruiz asserts that the first agreement is the most powerful. The other three serve as support for the first.
The second agreement is, "Don't take anything personally." This sometimes may seem difficult, as when someone directly insults you. However, what you must realize is that nothing anyone else does is because of you. Everything that anyone else does is a direct result of their agreements they have made with themselves. They are merely dealing with their "emotional poison" in the best way they know how.
Likewise, everything you do and say is a direct result of the agreements that you have made with yourself and has nothing to do with anyone else. When you don't take anything personally you become like teflon and other people's insults and emotional poison no longer sticks to you.
"If you keep this agreement you can travel around the world with your heart completely open and no one can hurt you... You can be in the middle of hell and still experience inner peace and happiness (Ruiz, 1997)."
Open your heart today.
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