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[viva923]

YES

[Imadickens]

Amen! 

[MomCat]

Absolutely true!  Actually a good way to put it as we go thru life getting over ourselves.   LOL

[Carriestp]

No, I don't believe it to be true.  When I was 20 I didn't spend much time worrying about what others thought of me. 

[Sister Golden Hair]

If you care about yourself then you will care what others think about you.

My Mother and Father taught me to be honest and sincere.

Yes, I want a person to respect the woman that I was at 20 and the woman I still am at 64.

[Carriestp]

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@Sister Golden Hair wrote:

If you care about yourself then you will care what others think about you.

My Mother and Father taught me to be honest and sincere.

Yes, I want a person to respect the woman that I was at 20 and the woman I still am at 64.

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To me, there is a difference between caring what others think and worrying about what others think. 

I can care about what someone thinks of me but it doesn't mean I worry about it.

[AngelPuppy1]

Well, most of it!  I think I have always worried, or been concerned about what others have thought of me.  I don't live my life to get approval from others, but I think everyone pretty much wants to be cared about and liked.  

However, now that I am 64, I realize that people for the most part are self-involved and a lot of people in my life who I thought I meant a lot to ---- I really don't.  It stings but now that I've accept this fact, I feel a lot more free and I am letting it go --- not that I don't care --- but I am putting it more into proper perspective and not giving it as much importance and power over me that it once had.  I don't know if I am describing this right, but to get a grip on the real situation is a revelation and it is does set you free to focus on things which are more important.  

[blueluna]

I can't see the OP picture.