The less I Allow

The less I allow the misunderstandings of others to define me,
The less held back I’ll feel internally,
And the more likely I therefore succeed at whatever it is externally,

Since the misunderstandings of others will therefore not weigh as heavily within me,
Since I won’t let them fill within me as intensely,
Since I won’t as heavily fixate on them,
And will instead breathe more and allow the emotional reactions to their meanness and negativity,
to instead,
pass through me,

And even if this is also harder for me,
I can still,
Practice,
Not allowing the misunderstandings of others to define and discourage me,
And I can instead,
Further and further align myself with the truth that I see,
Regardless of however any others continue to angrily judge and firmly misunderstand me,

And regardless of how much I end up truly succeeding in any career that my present inner perceptions tell me is “best” for me,
At least,
I may (hopefully) feel more free,
And less restricted,
By all the misunderstandings and powerful judgments that several others might always have of me