Message #42289

[Jitendra Hydonus]

My dream last nite was about working in circumstances in which a certain person was working with us who had listened to his friends account of how I worked. I wondered why the guy seemed to show a dislike of me before he really knew me. Soon I found out that he had already made his mind up about what kind of person I was because of his friends evaluations. One of my friends was helping me learn the ropes of the job. My learning experience from this dream, was that once someone has formed an impression of you; it is very difficult to change their mindset about you. Especially if they are judgmental and rigid thinkers.

People often make their evaluation of us from the experiences of others they know. I am finding it important to reserve our opinions of others based on our experience of them, not on the experience of other individuals who may see things quite different because of their own mindsets and experiences. It is very difficult to change the perceptions and experiences of people we meet. All we can really change is ourselves but we can be aware of how others may see us and how we may see those we meet. There are some people we have known that are attempting to change and become different and better human beings.