Lately, my poor friend DJ only blogs about how the "haters" are getting him down. I told him to stop. He can't change what they think/feel/see about him; why would he want to? I asked him if their opinions really mattered that much to him. He said, "No," but I told him they must, if it's all he can post about nowadays.
I reminded him that hate is like an acid that eats through whatever vessel is carrying it around. I also told him that the energy he's wasting while worrying about how much others dislike him, is better spent living his life in a way that makes him forget about the haters altogether.
I asked him if he had someone to love (that also loves him, because that's just as important), a happy home and lots of laughter in his day. He said, "Yes." I said, "Congratulations. You will always have someone around who's hating, and it's usually someone who doesn't have what you have."
I also told him, "If you spend your day doing/laughing/loving instead of watching and making excuses for not doing/laughing/loving, you'll find that you're much too busy to worry about what the haters are currently hating about you. And at the end of the day, whose life would you rather be living?"
Today, he posted something about spending a great day with his happy family. I loved it!
And I'm sure someone hated it. :)
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