Ha Ha Haters

A young woman came to me the other day with her eyes on the brink of tears, face wrinkled with frustration and voice quivering with anger. She was absolutely tired of her father's negative comments. The situation is quite simple. Shes living at home, but while she builds her life together brick by brick her father, bless his heart, is right there criticizing her every move. He is there telling her just how out of whack her stacking skills are. He is a hater.

I can absolutely relate to this plight, as I have had a number of people in my life who supported me but secretly believed I would fail. Much to our chagrin, their behavior is literally the spark that lights our burning desire to be great. In the words of on of my favorite artists, we can let these dream killers kill our dreams or use them as steam to steam power our dreams. What those haters do not know is that with every pointed finger laugh, furrowed eyebrow and under breath commentary (which by the way is almost always heard) they are ultimately creating a success monster. As monsters we turns our failures into an iconic success of the most epic proportions. The non believers eventually end up eating their words and gasping in awe suddenly spewing lies that they have always believed in us.

Understand that the world outside our minds will never be able to see our full potential. Therefore it is up to us to prove them wrong so we can shut them up. Most people will advise you to not listen to haters, but I encourage you to take note. Whenever we are in a place of discouragement, these notes remind us that there is always someone out there waiting for us to fail. And we will never give them the satisfaction.

Enjoy
xxx