How to become shame-proof

I wrote about dealing with ‘beginner’s shame’ when learning something new, and someone asked, “How do you become shame-proof?”

I’m not shame-proof. Most of us aren’t. We still feel the sting of failure, and dread what others might think. But what helps me is remembering how vast the universe is—and how small I am, in comparison.

I’m one person out of 8 billion, standing on a fraction of a planet that wouldn’t even register as a pixel on the ‘map’ of the universe. What, really, is there to be ashamed of?

I try to live fully, to leave even the tiniest dent. But when I fail, I remind myself: I am nothing. And everyone laughing? They are nothing too.

Easier said than done, but that’s where I try to get to mentally.