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Why People Criticize
Why People Criticize
The world is full of people who will be happy to tell you why your ideas will not work. People who will laugh at you for daring to dream big dreams. People who will call you crazy for pursuing your goals.
Just ignore them. Their pettiness and mean spiritedness is their problem, not yours. Sadly, some people take delight in destructive criticism. Constructive, caring criticism is very useful and necessary. But criticism for its own sake is something to simply ignore.
Small minded people think that somehow they can improve their own lot by putting down others. Small minded people have a zero-sum mentality -- they believe that people gain success only at the expense of others.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
True success comes only from providing something of value to the world. Your dreams, your ambitions do not diminish the lives of others. When you improve your own life, you cannot help but improve the lives of those around you.
What is life for, if not to reach for the stars?
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Oh my gosh,,did you make that graphic? Beautiful, surreal....lovely
I enjoyed your entry. Small minded people are working out their character from the past. Its toxic to stay there long but until we can be content in our short comings and be grateful for our gifts, they will continue to offend. -Raven
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Good point and - wow! I love that graphic!
Penny
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What a wonderful entry. I will have to come back and take a liesurely stroll through your journal.
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excellent, well said. ((((((hugs)))))))
Cindy
9/23/06 9:40 PM
~ Jenny
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