Sometimes
others seek to crush one down, to make nothing out of one's hopes and
dreams, one's future and oneself.
By ridicule and many other
means, another
who is evil-intentioned toward one can try to bring about one's decline.
For whatever reason, efforts
to improve
oneself, to become happier in life, can become the subject of attacks.
It is sometimes necessary to
handle such
directly. But there is a long-range handling that seldom fails.
What, exactly, are such
people trying to do
to one? They are trying to reduce one downward.
They must conceive that one
is dangerous to
them in some way: that if one got up in the world, one could be a
menace to them in some way: that if one got up in the world, one could
be a menace to them. So, in various ways, such seek to depress one's
talents and capabilities.
Some madmen even
have a general plan
that goes like this: "If A becomes more successful, A could be a menace
to me; therefore I must do all I can to make A less successful." It
never seems to occur to such that their actions might make an enemy out
of A even though he was no enemy before. It can be classed as an almost
certain way for such madmen to get into trouble. Some do it just from
prejudice or because they "don't like someone."
But however it is
attempted, the real
object of such is to make their target grow less and fail in life.
The real handling
of such a situation
and such people, the real way to defeat them is to flourish and prosper.
Oh, yes, it is
true that such
people, seeing one improve his lot, can become frantic and attack all
the harder. the thing to do is handle them if one must but don't give
up flourishing and prospering, for that is what such people want you to
do.
If you flourish
and prosper more and
more, such people go into apathy about it: they can give it up
completely.
If one's aims in
life are
worthwhile, if one carries them out with the attention to the precepts
in this book, if one flourishes and prospers, one certainly will wind
up the victor. And, hopefully, without harming a single hair on their
heads.
And
that is my wish for
you: flourish and prosper!
L.
Ron
Hubbard
From: The
Way To Happiness
flourish: to
be in a state of
activity and production; expanding in influence; thriving; visibly
doing well.
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