You think?

I,m wondering this morning..... if we see ourselves as others do. Are we who we think, or are we what others think? Now hold on a second. Bear with me, as there might be a point made here. If you see yourself as kind and generous, but others see you as self serving, who's right? If you think you love openly, but others see you as controling.....who's right? How do we know if we are good or if we are not so good? Should others opinions even matter? Should we care what others think, or just go on doing what we think is right? Im a believer in growth of soul. I believe we should always reach for a higher plane or plain, however you look at it... There are times when I know for sure I am heading down the right road...but other times when anothers view of me, makes me stop and think......what? Did I do that? Did I say that? Was I that wrong? Okay, so whats the answer here... I guess to look honestly in the mirror and see what others see. See the things that yet need to be changed, and at the same time embrace the things that you KNOW are good. We are after all...humans, and being that, we are fallible and make mistakes daily. The object being, to see those errors and fix them. To stop repeating the same old mistakes over and over. Then If you can do that....you can look in the mirror and say...your okay....I like you....Late ta readers...