Grain of Salt

Remember to “take it with a grain of salt”.

The old saying to “take it with a grain of salt” is useful to me.  When I remember to carry my psychic saltshaker with me AND to use it, I can avoid unnecessary distress to my emotional balance. A simple grain of salt enables me to stomach unsavory, insulting, hurtful, and unwelcome words and innuendos that come my way. It takes away the bitterness so I am less likely to react. The words that spew from someone else’s mouth are coming from their truth, not mine.  I don’t have to swallow the bitter offering, let alone digest it, without neutralizing it to be palatable to my own truth. In a way it’s about accepting someone else’s truth with respectability. I show respect for myself and for that other person.  By practicing using the saltshaker, I will increase my patience with other by not taking things so personally.