The Book of Moods: How I Turned My Worst Emotions Into My Best Life

by Lauren Martin

I shiver. Thinking how easy it is to be totally wrong about people—to see one tiny part of them and confuse it for the whole.

I could sense when people were mad, upset, or uncomfortable, and I was quick to adjust my actions to make them happy. What I didn’t realize, however, were two vital things: It wasn’t my job to make everyone happy, and not everyone was always as uncomfortable or upset as I thought they were.