Taking it Personally

Our Sunday School lesson today was about serving, and helping those who are less than fortunate than ourselves.  The lesson did not go as planned.  Their answers were good.  Good, and unexpected to the point that I was left utterly speechless.  They weren't going where I'd wanted them to go with the question.  It felt like they were spitting the question right back in my face. And I took it personally.

In truth, maybe the lesson was a reflection of myself.  I have great aspirations of giving of myself. Eventually.  But the fact, right now, is that I'm not.  I feel so utterly selfish.

People have always said, "Don't take it personally."  That's all fine and dandy.  But does that mean you're not supposed to take anything in your life personally?  As my advisor told me when I approached her about it, "You have to have a forehead of flint."  I do understand that. These are different people I'm trying to teach.

However, this is my question: If you don't take anything in your life personally, what kind of life is that?

I thought life was about being personal, not impersonal.