Answer: I know that it is difficult when surrounded by "toxic" people, however, as difficult as this is to understand, your present work circumstance is perfect for your continuing development... if you understand how to use it. I say "how to use it" because as long as you don't, wherever you go, you will continue to encounter "hateful" people, and your own negative reaction will use you up. Try this: Determine that when you walk in the door, your attention will remain with your reactions to these people and not upon the people themselves. This shift in your attention will help you realize what it is you really need to be free of... namely "you"! And "need" is the key word in this instance. You'll see, if you'll practice this approach, that it is just "you" jumping all over "you." Once this is clear, then you can jump out of "you."(Chatroom Classroom, Transcript, 1998)

Question: How can a person feel in charge of his own life one minute, and in the next minute find it in someone else's hands?

Answer: You're right, it doesn't add up; and the truth is, it never will as long as you are figuring in false notions about yourself. No human being has any authority over you. Your life belongs to you and to you alone. No scowling face or irritated manner, no challenging posture or threatening tone has any power to make you feel nervous or anxious, frightened or angry. This is a fact; and anyone who is tired of letting someone else tell them how to feel can use this self-liberating principle to win true and lasting independence. Your true nature answers to no man. (Excerpted from The Secret of Letting Go)

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