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How much do other people’s opinions of you matter? I have to occasionally remind myself there’s only one person’s opinion that matters. And that is my own.

John Cali

The other day I saw a quote from Dale Carnegie I absolutely loved:

Our wise and wonderful animal friends are often great role models for us, are they not?

Here’s Chief Joseph.

Chief Joseph

Animals certainly are great role models for you, as John said. They are also great teachers for you, especially if you observe them closely. They don’t know they are teachers, and they don’t care -- after all, your opinions of them do not matter. All that matters to them is that they live joyfully, uninhibitedly, doing what comes naturally.

They live out their lives’ purpose by simply following their instincts or, you might say, by following their hearts.

Most humans do not follow their hearts. They allow themselves to be guided by outer circumstances. In fact, many of you were taught, as little children, not to follow your hearts. Instead, you were told others’ opinions mattered more than your own.

And you carried that perspective with you from the innocence of childhood into the forgetfulness of adulthood.

As you grew in years and physical maturity, you forgot all the wisdom of your child self. And your "authority" became whatever other people’s opinions were. Those opinions were often embodied, and even formalized, in many different ways -- in your religions, governments, educational systems, and so on.

We are not saying religion, government, and schools are evil. We are saying, however, they generally do not encourage you to rely on and trust your only real authority -- you, your higher self.

You will never, ever find any higher or better or wiser guidance than your own inner voice.

The opinions of others do not matter. We are not saying you should never listen respectfully to others. But we are saying you should always take what they tell you with, as you say, "a grain of salt." Run their opinions through the "filter" of your own inner guidance.

Trust your feelings -- they are your clearest form of communication between you and your higher self, between you and God.

And then you will have released yourselves from the prison of other people’s opinions.

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Chief Joseph talks about related subjects here:

Do You Trust What You Know or What You Feel?
Declaration of Independence
Doing It My Way
Following Your Heart

Want a private conversation with Chief Joseph?

This article was originally published here.

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Since 1992, John Cali has been communicating with a non-physical entity called Joseph. In one of his many physical lifetimes, this spirit was incarnated as the legendary Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce tribe in what is now the state of Oregon in the northwestern USA. These messages are a blend of information from Joseph, other spirits in the "Joseph group," and John.

John can be reached by email here or through their website
Private readings with Chief Joseph are available here: http://www.greatwesternpublishing.org/readings.html
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Copyright © 2007 by John Cali. All rights reserved.

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