In The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruíz says we don’t have to take anything personally:

“Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.”

When we drop a fork in the kitchen and it falls to the ground, it’s not doing that to spite us. It’s merely playing out its nature, in alignment with the forces acting on it.

Likewise, when someone does something to us, out of indifference or even out of malice, it has little to do with us. They are merely playing out their actions, their drama, or their understanding of the world.