So What

There is a theory that's gone viral.

And it's one virus you might want to get. It was first introduced by Mel Robbins.

It consists of just two little words: LET THEM. 

I like to call it the power of SO WHAT. Two more little words.  

By just using these two words "Let Them" or "So What" you can free yourself from the exhausting cycle of trying to manage everything and everyone around you.

You won't be wasting energy on what you can't control - like what another person thinks, says, or does.  

Saying this is like setting a boundary for things YOU aren't going to let bother you.  

Somebody does something that you don't like. So what?  

Somebody does something differently than you would have done it. So what?  

We spent so much of our lives trying to make everybody conform to the way that WE think and do things, but why? It just add stress to our lives.  

Is that thing that they're doing really bothering you that much? And if it is, you have to ask yourself why.

What is it triggering in you, and perhaps you should thank them for triggering you, because now you know something about yourself that you didn't before. Now you have something you can work on.  

The frustration you feel when someone doesn't do something that way you would like them to, is you giving your power away to the situation.  

We tend to be bothered so much by what other people say and do, but we never stop to ask why are we so bothered? 

Someone cuts you off in traffic, or takes your parking space, or takes too long in the grocery check out line. So what? 

You choose how you can react. You can leave, you can do something else. You can close your eyes and practice a one breath meditation. Now that's powerful. 

You can hold on to that stress and annoyance and frustration, or you can just say so what? And go about life.  

Whew!  

I don't like it when somebody tells me what to do. So why do I think they want to hear my criticism? They don't.  

So just say SO WHAT and LET THEM.