It's good to be sensitive when it comes to others, and better to be less sensitive when it comes to yourself. When you are sensitive to what occurs or what is said to you or how someone seems to devalue you, then you can count on your suffering. Every tweak in the world around you is not to affect you. You have to do something about yourself and your sensitivity and let the bruising go. When it comes to you, you must develop a thicker skin. When it comes to others only, then be thin-skinned. Be very attuned to what affects others, and not be so attuned to yourself. Otherwise, you will fight battles of self-esteem every day, perhaps many hours. The world and the people in it are not always sensitive to how you feel, and so you must not be so sensitive either.
This is how it has to be, beloveds, when it is up to you to raise the consciousness of the world. You cannot rely on others. In time to come, all this will be moot, but right now, feeling sensitive is a big factor in your life. Sensitivity is a form of looking for trouble, beloveds. When you are so sensitive when it comes to yourself, you will find no lack of cause for heartache. Countless then are the lashings to your happiness.
You know better than to think that I am putting others' feelings above your own. I am favoring you. I am looking out for you. I am telling you to be less defensive when it comes to your sensitivity. Half the time the people around you who seem to cause you pain are unaware. Most of the time they are trying to take care of themselves and don't even know about your hurt feelings. Even when you tell them, they may still be unaware.
As it is, people can only react from where they happen to be, where their consciousness is, and your pointing out the error of their ways does not raise their consciousness.
Beloveds, for a while, you will become one who is very considerate of others, and you will become one who does not take personal offense. Please do not think I mean for you to demean yourself. Quite the contrary, I mean for you to uplift yourself. I mean for you to climb higher on the ladder and not take offense to your heart the way you may have been doing.
I am saying you are so important that you don't concern yourself when others may see you as unimportant. You know you are important to Me.
I don't want to see you as a broken piece of driftwood on a river blown by gusts of wind or batted down the river by whatever debris happens to come along.
You are not a mannequin whose mobility is dependent upon others. A mannequin cannot move its own arms and legs. A mannequin cannot transport itself from one place to another. A mannequin is totally dependent upon others to position it as they will.
You are not a mannequin, nor are your feelings to be moved back and forth according to the people and world around you. You are your own mover, and your feelings are dependent upon you and not others. I know you cannot suddenly have equanimity in one day. I do not suggest that you numb your feelings. I am suggesting, however, that you can cool your sensitivity a little bit today and a little more tomorrow. And I say this for your sake and for Mine and for the well-being of the world.