done, but it’s a small price to pay for
getting rid of someone who adds nothing
but negativity to your life.
Rise Above Them
No matter how far you distance yourself,
some haters will never leave you alone,
come rain or sunshine. Driven by envy,
they can neither eat nor sleep peacefully
until they trouble you. The best thing to do
in this situation is to rise above them. If
you try to please your haters, you will end
up losing the most valuable thing you have
in your life: yourself !
Keep doing you; you cannot please the
whole world. Focus your time and energy
on pursuing your life’s purpose. Never let
the arrows of those who are jealous of you
get under your skin; the thicker your skin,
the thicker your peace. And, always remind
yourself: haters are your first sign of success.
No one envies a beggar, but countless envy
kings and immeasurable more envy queens.
More insights to shield your
soul from envious characters
Always remember that the road to success
is paved with doubters and haters. When
people try to bury you, remind yourself you
are a seed. Don’t be afraid of criticism; the
tallest trees are always confronted by the
strongest winds. Don’t worry about those
who try to pull you down; they are below
you for a reason.
The greater the fruit a tree bears, the greater
the number of stones thrown at it. Use your
enemy’s arrows for firewood. When a rock
transforms into a diamond, lesser stones
will not speak of its beauty, but of its un-
polished-ness.
Don’t let mediocre people talk you out of
your dreams; lions have little in common
with sheep. Haters, like parrots, talk much
but cannot fly. Dreamers, like eagles, say
nothing but conquer the skies. Be noble
like the sun; let even those who resent you
for shinning benefit from your warmth.
Critics are loud, but success is louder.
Work while they talk, strive while they
mock, persevere while they jeer, and succeed
while they hate. To achieve success, ignore
doubt; to achieve fame, ignore haters;
to achieve greatness, ignore fear; and to
achieve immortality, ignore hardship.
Envy is the most extreme form of jealousy.
It comes about as a result of someone feeling
inferior or slighted because of what you have
or what you are. Haters believe that you don’t
deserve something or that whatever you have
is better than theirs. Willing to put someone
down to feel good about themselves, envious
people are willing to lie, steal, kill, and even de-
stroy themselves to inflict misfortune on those
they begrudge.
It is in vain to try and stop a star from
rising, even with a ladder. The sun alone
truly wants to see you shine, even if you
end up shining brighter than it. Don’t
blow out someone’s candle, or you will
both end up in the dark. In conclusion as poetically outlined: When
they judge you, yawn; When they mis-
understand you, smile; When they under-
estimate you, laugh; When they condemn
you, ignore; When they envy you, rejoice;
and When they oppose you, prevail.
If you listen to critics for too long, you
will become deaf to success. To avoid
enemies, say nothing; to avoid critics, do
nothing; and to avoid haters, be nothing;
but to avoid mediocrity, ignore them all.
The larger the bricks your enemies throw
at you, the larger the palace you are going
to build. Matshona Dhliwayo runs WISDOM Inc. in
Toronto, Canada. You can commune with
him on this on related matters via email at:
[email protected]