This post is inspired by Brian of the Reality Revolution Podcast, episode 1,003: "It is not the love you get it is the love you give." Solar-Plexus-psychology · Am I trying to guess or read others minds when I’m in the public or groups? · Am I waiting to be in an echo chamber of compliments, before I can do my work and be creative, and move along? Conversely, am I too locked up to receive compliments at all? Am I looking for the mother's-love in every direction, or exuding it from within me, regardless of others behavior concerning me? · Is my lizard-brain controlling my every move and wrecking my life? Is my fear of criticism becoming a way to rationalize doing a poor job in my work, my music composition? Am I being critical and judgmental, because deep down I know that someone else's behavior reflects my own poor behavior?