MANDII LETTER ~ TO A HATER

First, I want to say NO! No, I haven't changed my opinion on the song. It's still one of the most annoying things I've heard lately.

And now I want to say NO again. No, I am not about to "thank the haters". Why would I? I give credit where credit is due. And the "love" of a hater is NOT the driving force behind my success. I am. My God is. But a hater? Nah, you don't have that kind of power.

Now that that's out of the way...


Dear Hater,

I'd pay a nice piece of cash to have seen your initial reaction/expression when you realized your failure. I applaud you though. You actually had me going for a minute. Fool me once, the buck stops here - there are no second chances.
You see, Hater...I may become distracted at times & lose sight, but I always regain focus. Confidence, faith, trust, morale, goodwill, intellect...I have all of these things & more. And they prevent me from falling short.
So, Hater...now that you have failed once, what's next? Will you learn from this experience with me? Or will you continue your shenanigans, only to fall flat on your ass again?

JEALOUS MUCH???

From Wikipedia:

Envy may be defined as an emotion that "occurs when a person lacks another’s superior quality, achievement, or possession and either desires it or wishes that the other lacked it."^[1]

It can also derive from a sense of low self-esteem that results from an upward social comparison threatening a person's self image: another person has something that the envier considers to be important to have. If the other person is perceived to be similar to the envier, the aroused envy will be particularly intense, because it signals to the envier that it just as well could have been him or her who had the desired object.^[2][3]

Bertrand Russell said envy was one of the most potent causes of unhappiness.^[4] It is a universal and most unfortunate aspect of human nature because not only is the envious person rendered unhappy by his envy, but also wishes to inflict misfortune on others.

It's no wonder envy is one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Envy begets acts of evil for the purpose of destruction. Envy broods in the mind and festers in the heart. Envy is the vice, and kindness is the virtue. For as long as people are envious of what I possess, I shall be sympathetic of what they lack. Through my kindness, I will continue to flourish. And through their malevolence, they will continue to fade.

INTEGRITY

in·teg·ri·ty [in-teg-ri-tee]
–noun

1.	adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty.

2.	the state of being whole, entire, or undiminished: to preserve the integrity of the empire.

3.	a sound, unimpaired, or perfect condition: the integrity of a ship's hull.

—Synonyms 1. rectitude, probity, virtue.
—Antonyms 1. dishonesty.

What ever happened to integrity? What happened to: I'm going to do this because it's the right thing to do. Or: I'm not going to do that because it's the wrong thing to do. Soon, I'm going to start a petition for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to list "People With Integrity" on the Federal Endangered Species List ~ somewhere between the Puerto Rican Boa and the Hawaiian Goose.