Come Home to Yourself

The moment you start looking outward for approval, you begin to lose yourself. If someone’s words can shake you, it’s not because they hold power—it’s because a part of you still believes them.

Osho’s words cut through the illusion:

“Nobody can say anything about you. Whatsoever people say is about themselves.”

But if that’s true, why do we still care? Why do opinions, judgment, or criticism affect us so deeply?

Because many people build their sense of self externally. They construct their identity through validation, approval, and social acceptance. They modify themselves to fit expectations, to be “liked,” to be “understood.” But when you live for others, you abandon yourself.

True freedom begins when you realize that self-consciousness is just misplaced focus. Instead of looking outward for who you are, turn inward. Instead of asking, “What do they think of me?” ask “What do I think of me?”

When you truly know who you are, external noise becomes irrelevant. You stop defending yourself. You stop over-explaining. You stop shrinking or overcompensating.

You simply exist as you are—with no need to be decorated, defended, or explained.

And when you reach that place, you’ve come home.