Haters: Just One Part of the Process

     Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so." - Lemony Snicket


Imagine an average boy. He is around 13 years old and he has only a few friends. He is mediocre in every sense of the word. Now imagine that this same boy gains a vision for his life: he sees himself doing things that have never been done before. At first this vision scares him: he questions it constantly, wondering if what he sees could actually become reality. But, with time, his vision grows inside of him. His confidence grows with each passing day, week, month and year. His friends notice that something is different about the boy: some of his 'friends' say that he is working too hard, or that they don't like the change they see in the boy. Others embrace it. The boy, naturally, decides that the people he spends time with will be the people who are embracing his vision; besides, he realizes that everyone else was just a hater anyway. And he read somewhere that haters are just part of the process. He wasn't cruel or harsh to these haters, though, he just didn't value any of their opinions. He thought to himself, "When people don't understand something they dismiss it." He couldn't hate the haters and the naysayers because he had once been in their shoes. He had once been the very being that he could no longer stand.

The puzzling fact about the situation was this: while he was no longer a hater, he could still spot one from a mile away. He had a penchant for identifying people who could be a hindrance to his dream. This helped him throughout his journey. However, there was still one thing that irked the boy: two of the "haters" happened to be his parents . To be continued. . .

Thanks for reading ~ John Guerra