You create your own life. You must withstand the tendency to blindly play any old role assigned to you by often selfish individuals that do not have your good will in mind.
It is not always easy to avoid getting swept away by some of the dramas of those are connected to you. They might have a certain “role” in mind for you in their dramas that you are not comfortable with. You have a choice. You can allow this person to involve you in their childish often meaningless plays or notify the person that you will not be participating. You create your own life. You must withstand the tendency to blindly play any old role assigned to you by often selfish individuals that do not have your good will in mind. Remember each one of us is busy creating our own world. You might have good control in your world, but will be forced to adhere to the rules and scripts that govern the domains of the “players” that expect you to participate in their often silly plays. You will find that an awareness of this principle will provide you with a sense of relief and freedom the next time you are faced with a person that want you to act in a play that might not be beneficial to you. We tend to habitually act in a trance like helpless state in roles assigned to us until we wake up to the reality of the stupidity of these activity. Many fear rejection by partners, friends, bank managers etc. Do not fear rejection. Rejection is just a tool used to sustain control over your mind. The feelings produced by rejection are nothing more than a responds (reaction pattern) embedded in you since early childhood. The operators that programmed you to fear the feelings that accompany rejection created a mental torture chamber in your head that came in handy when you dared to do some independent thinking.
Rene