RE: Of Being Self-aware, Knowing Yourself and Living Your Life More Fully...

"If people were afraid or very negative I could see that it is their fear and negativity and not mine"

This is spot-on, and it's very hard to realize unless we're truly in tune with ourselves. We're all channels of the energies around us, and if we leave the doors wide open, anything can come through them, and anything can drain us.