Fact versus Opinions

Many times we create confusion when we add our own opinions to facts
and come up with wrong conclusions.

For example:

FACT: Two people are whispering when you walk up. Suddenly they stop talking.
OPINION: They must be gossiping about me.

FACT: A new lady is appointed in my department.
OPINION: They will ask me to leave!

FACT: He has reported about me to authorities.
OPINION: They will blacklist me. I am now ruined & finished!

Many a times we tend to behave negatively due to our own adverse
opinions. We feel people per se are hostile & unfriendly. We become
anxious & fearful for no good reason in a situation which is
relatively safe.

It is said: “Men are disturbed not by things that happen, but by their
opinions of the things that happen.”