The only thing that can happen to you when you’re in the wrong place is a wrong thing. But even when you find yourself in a \u201cwrong place\u201d inwardly, you don\u2019t have to remain there. The way to turn any painful interior location into an act of self-liberation is by daring to exchange that false sense of self you\u2019ve found there for the awareness of your momentary mistaken identity.<\/p>\n
Following are 20 ways you can be sure you\u2019re in the wrong place. The more aware you can be of where you are\u2014moment to moment\u2014- the less likely you\u2019ll regret what happens to you, having wandered there by mistake.<\/p>\n
You\u2019re in the wrong place whenever:<\/p>\n
1. You\u2019re rushing around \u2013 mentally, emotionally, physically
\n2. You catch yourself talking to yourself…about anything
\n3. You feel the need to nervously explain yourself to anyone else
\n4. You\u2019re trying to make an impression, or struggling to win approval
\n5. You\u2019re nervous over the arrival of some anticipated moment
\n6. You agree with someone outwardly, but secretly inwardly disagree
\n7. You don\u2019t let others finish their sentences that you might speak instead
\n8. You feel any form of self-loathing
\n9. You\u2019re eating food when you’re not hungry
\n10. You seek to gain an advantage over someone else
\n11. You’re sure it\u2019s better to avoid a challenge than to enter into it
\n12. You know you’re right, and that everyone else is wrong
\n13. You\u2019re in a daydream
\n14. You speak or act from impatience
\n15. You feel the wish to punish someone for not doing as you wish
\n16. You can\u2019t wait to show someone where he or she is wrong
\n17. You’re anxiously tapping your foot, or drumming your fingers
\n18. You find yourself reliving some past painful experience
\n19. You allow a fear to tell you what\u2019s possible and what\u2019s not
\n20. You\u2019re judging yourself, or another…for being in the \u201cwrong place\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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