Thine own self be true

Not the most earth shattering realization, but just a small thing that I really need to be a better judge of people's character. I am also realizing that people who freely give advice, usually have a personal reason. I have rarely found that someone gives unsolicited advice because they truly care about the other person and are trying to help them avoid some pain. It is just this small little awakening that if I believe in something and am getting close to manifesting a dream, that I should not listen to other people's "advice" at a time like this. I am also seeing that even if someone gives such "bad advice" and are trying to stop me or slow me down, that there is no need for me to get angry at them or change my opinion about them. Yes it means that I really should not trust their "advice", but I already know that.

It is funny, but it is like a person who starts a fight with me and throws a punch. The first time the punch hits me, it hurts, I am shocked and I may get emotional. But over time I become more skilled and aware. And then I reach a point where I see the punch and I deflect it. At that point the anger of the attack, the motivation for the strike no longer matters. The other has become transparent. Today that basically happened to me. I had only a moment of shock when I realized that this person tried to strike me again, to try to knock me off course. But I see how close I am to my dream and how futile his attack was and how weak his point really was.

I saw that wonderful quote of Ayumi Hamasaki about dreams I quoted in a previous blog entry today which helped me put this all together.