My wife sent me a text that included a lot of the below philosophy. She smiled after she sent it, saying "it's incredible to look back, and reflect on how much he tried to do to us, how much he said about us to others, when all it showed was him projecting his own insecurity and his own behavior onto us, and it spoke loudly to everyone who he really is. Whats also wild is, he tried to strong arm us, and didn't realize we're playing chess while he's trying still learning his ABC's. And in the end, his inability to learn his ABC's in a game he proposed, resulted in his wife asking if they could just pay us not to sue him, because all the lies he created caught up to them, and he was unwilling to accept and admit anything. Checkmate."
"Potter envies potter, carpenter envies carpenter, beggar envies beggar, and singer envies singer" - Hesiod, Works and Days (c. 700 BCE)
Hate only comes from below, never from above.
If nobody sees you as an enemy, you aren't important.
If nobody talks about you behind your back, you aren't relevant.
If someone tries to take advantage of you, it's because you have value.
If someone tries to put you down, it's because you're already above them.
When they doubt you, it's because you're doing great things they believe impossible to do themselves.
Criticism is admiration in disguise. Your haters are your biggest fans.
So when the criticism comes, and it will, remember what it reveals. Not about you. About them.
They're watching.
They're comparing.
They're threatened.
That means you're doing something right.
Hate only comes from below.