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The Risk Factor Part 2: The Gift of Nothingness: "


Human nature is curious in that it has the ability to perpetuate in each of us the will to build up or tear down. Every individual has at one point in his or her life felt that twinge of negative energy flow through them for no other reason perhaps than feeling left out or left behind. Some people choose to dwell on this stream of consciousness which is the beginning of the emotional evolutionary cycle that many today know as “Haterism”. I prefer to call it for what I believe it truly to be: Distraction.

My question to the public at large is this: why do we tend to give so much energy to a display of emotion from an individual or set of individuals that 1) Have no power to stop our individual causes, 2) Have a perspective on your efforts at progress that is so irrational that attempting to reason with them is very much akin to having a go at breaking through a brick wall with your head and 3) Have nothing in common with what you are setting in motion, don’t believe in it, don’t believe in you and only have the emotional and intellectual capacity to associate a vision within the confines of the flesh and blood that was given the vision to carry out. They lack the ability to see that the vision is always bigger than the man or woman to which it was entrusted.

Because of this, you may find that as you walk your path, individuals will start to see you as “competition”. Your efforts and hard work once displayed will offend many. But this number pales in comparison to the individuals who will be enhanced and touched by the birth of the dream placed in you. A dream you didn’t manufacture or inject. For who has the power to impregnate ones self? So it is for the ones who need the encouragement that you go through the labor pains. It is for them that you endure the ridicule with grace, style and determination.

See, the key is this: when executing an offensive, we must stay focused on the objective, or goal, of the mission. This is what keeps us balanced. So when that negative look or ill comment comes from left field, you think of the objective and ask yourself, “Will my responding to this from an emotional and reactionary place going to advance the cause or is it a waste of time?”

Time.

Time is an invaluable commodity. And a very unique one. Time is the one commodity that we can possess but never own. It is an element we can seize but never capture. It is the treasure by which we derive our experiences, maturity and fullness of life yet, we can never know its true depth. Time is limitless, infinite while we of the human construct are with boundaries in so many respects. So at the very best all we can do is maximize the time given us. It is the responsible thing to do. And part of this process is consciously recognizing what is worth the investment of your time and what is not.

I declare here clearly my strong belief that addressing directly or passive-aggressively those you believe, perceive or flat out know are out to tear you down is in fact a waste of time. Did I always believe this? NO. But I had a very recent awakening and experience of my own that showed me that reacting to a situation out of emotion and wrath can be fatal to a vision. Even when you believe you are right. But that’s a slightly different situation than the perspective I write from here. So another post for another … time.

Understand that what we stand on is the integrity within us, not the opinions of others. At the time your vision manifests, remember all those times you stayed up working through the night. Remember how you laid it all on the line when no one else would. Remember all the disappointments, heartache and broken promises. Remember the psychological warfare you had to endure, how you had to hunker down in the trenches of your mind and tell yourself to not give up even as seemingly impossible circumstances bombed the very foundation of everything you believed in. Remember the losses you took and how you had to claw your way out of the hole all on your own. Remember how afraid you were when you weren’t sure if everything was going to work out. And how destitute you knew you would be if they didn’t. Remember how you faced those fears alone. And if by chance you were fortunate enough to have someone walk with you through those fears, remember them as well. Remember your story. Hold your head high and move forward. I can say with certainty that if you do this, everything you need to complete your mission will come to you.

So yes, if you endure, people will see the fruits of your adversity and many will despise you for it, criticize every single move you make and think you undeserving or arrogant when they don’t know you’ve bled your soul dry ten times over to climb the mountain upon which you now, or will ultimately stand. Strangely, they will view you as competing with them when all you are doing is what you have been doing for as long as you can remember: Walking toward your dreams.

Invest no time or emotion in such pits. Simply move forward. And not to prove anything to anyone. We move forward because we believe in what we were called upon to do. Period. Any energy we expend on the irrational and uninformed emotion displayed toward our goal is equally as nonsensical as the ones who lash out at us from their emptiness. So how do we respond to such distractions? What should our reaction be? Nothingness. Not anger, not rage, vengeance or wrath. Not sorrow, apology, anxiety, false humility or retreat. Nothingness. Simply give them this gift and watch them grow. Nothingness …

Until Then,

ALH
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