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because they would say one thing that I decided was mean, that would equate to all of them being mean. And this is how I lived my life for years. If you could imagine living this way for a moment, what do you think I thought about the world? About people generally? What relationships do you think I had? If you've decided I didn't have many good friends, and that I had a poor relationship with my family, and that I was lonely, you would be right on track. Once I had done the exercises you have already done in this work book, and the exercises you are about to do, my perception of the world completely changed. I realised that how I interpreted the world was up to me, and that if I wanted to experience love, happiness and fulfillment then I needed to start hunting for evidence of exactly that, instead of the opposite. I had to change my map of the world. Once I changed my map, my entire experience of the world and of people transformed for the better. Since changing my map I have not met a single person I don't like. I have not experienced a situation I haven't been grateful for. I now only see the magnificence in others, even when they don't see it in themselves. Had the world suddenly replaced itself? Of course not. All that had changed was my map of the world. For the next seven days, act as if the map is not the territory. Decide to give the best possible meaning to everything that happens and every thing you see, hear and feel. Make the effort to filter in everything that is good, positive, and a learning opportunity out of everything you experi ence. Give yourself the gift of living at Level I as often as you can, and if you slip, be aware of it and then step up once more.