What to do When it seems like the World is Standing Against You ?

Have you ever felt that what you're doing , is somehow ridiculed by the world?

   

Have you ever heard from the public, shouting at you from the other side of the fence that you cannot do it and throwing pebbles at you, just to make you stop what you're trying to achieve?

Have you ever felt that inner anger when even your own family members are not listening to you and understanding your innate desire to change the world with your craft ?

Have you ever heard the saying that "you're too ordinary" or "it'll take a lot of time to build up" or something like "you can do it as a part-time hobby, but you will never earn good money from it"?

Have you ever heard from the noisy people that "there are thousands like you, you don't have that thing to make a difference? You won't make a difference that “BIG"?

These are just some of the questions that you might be encountering on your way to success. And if you are going in this way, then I stand up for you and give you hats off. Because what you're doing is legendary. Not everyone in this world has that amount of guts to stand up against the society.

From our birth, we are accustomed to following the living ways of our closed ones. We imitate their every action like speaking, eating, talking etc to get in tune with the customs of the world. And such a child is then given the label as a "civilized" child. But when this same child wants to do something different from the world he is given the label of "uncivilized". Such a child wants to realize his wild dreams and pursue his passions without giving any regard to what the society is doing and the society stops him. Even though the society knows that such a person will change the world for the good.

We have encountered “n” number of instances where if we question the way of thinking we are punished or given the tag of "uncivilized".

I do sometimes challenge this dogma of the so-called civilization. Like what really is it?

If "A" is doing something and "B" imitates it, "C" watches "B" doing and imitates, then why does "D" has to do that only ? Are there any rules written somewhere? If they are, please show them to me.

See friends, I am a guy who asks a hell lot of questions when curious and want to know about something to the root of it. My friends sometimes call me as "questionnaire" too !

And then, if  "D" challenges what the idea behind what "A" has done they all call him "uncivilized". 
Why ? Is it just because he is going in some other way. This reminds me of the line so beautifully said by Robin Sharma “All geniuses were first ridiculed before they were revered.”

Now if you go to "B" and ask him "If you give me a valid reason that why are you doing what "A" has done, I'll stop doing what am trying to do and I'll do as per you say"

Ask this question to "C" as well. And you know what they'll answer ?

They will be numb. They'll try to rebuke you and try to whoosh you off because somewhere down the line they are guilty of not being able to answer this simple question of yours.

And I believe it is their fault somewhere. Now you'll ask me why and how. Let me throw some light on it.

"C" is pressurizing "D" to do what "C" has done.

And "C" has done that work because "B" had done it.

And "B" has done it because "A" had done it.

Now think, from where did "A" get this work?

All the others inherited it from their ancestor (here, "A")

But we don't question that FROM WHERE DID “A” GET IT ?

He never got it from someone else. He INVENTED it. He was the one from whom the so-called work took birth. Don't you think he might have faced ridicule during his times ? Because what situation you are facing right now, "A" went through the same set of issues.

For instance, take the Wright Brothers. At their time they were ridiculed to think about a "flying machine". The world called them crazy. They were, in fact, made the laughing stock of the locality for thinking "too high". Thanks to them now we can fly that high!

The world has stood against the odd ones. And it will. Because they cannot tolerate something different happening among them. The fact that why "B" and "C" followed what "A" had done resembles that "A" had invented his thing and "B" and "C" simply followed it. They never tried anything new or maybe they were afraid of failure or maybe they weren't blessed enough to have the power to think out of the box. Now you'll see that the ones who are against you are mostly of the category of "B" and "C". They are the afraid ones. (Residents of the Afraid Street)

These Afraid Street residents cannot see someone going out of their herd. They more or less are like the sheep following what one is following and eating what one of them is eating.

And on the other side of the river, there is a land called "Genius Land". And I know... you live there only. But then we do need our resources and we need the afraid ones in our lives as well.

So how to deal with the world when the world stands against you ? Let me give you some protocols to follow.

1)    Respect and love your haters.

Yes I mean love them ! Why ? Because if they weren't there, from where would you get the motivation to work harder and to prove them wrong ?

2)    Talk less to them.

With less, I mean very less. Because after greetings, the next line coming out from their mouths might hurt you.

3)    If they hurt you?

Now if they hurt you, you'll be spending some amount of time thinking about why they said this and that. While doing so you are wasting up your own time ! And in fact, subconsciously you have allowed them to mess up with the beautiful framework of your mindset. So it's better to not to spend so much time with them.

4)    Don't argue with them, show them !

If you'll start arguing with them, you are yourself saying to them that "Hey! You have hurt me and you have won in hurting me. Congratulations" Do you want them to feel that ? Because they really want to hear those words in your arguments. When you are arguing with them they are subconsciously receiving the message of their success in hurting you. And nothing feels good to them but that feeling alone of hurting you. Please remember that the weak always argue. The wise shows them up. Show your critics with your brilliance and your bravery that you are worth the effort. You CAN change the world.

And I accept it's very difficult to live amid these constant pokes of the mediocrity and still focus on your craft. But let me share with you a beautiful insight with you that I've got just know while writing this blog post.

Imagine yourself as an airplane and the so-called afraid ones as the cars. You can obviously roam around in a country with both but can you roam around the world in the same car? No, you can't. And why is that? Because an airplane flies above the cars.

Now what I invite you to envision is that the airplane also hears the horns or the rebukes of the cars that "there is no use of flying so high and there is no other world than this."

But the airplane has his set of values and strong willpower which gives him the much-needed wisdom and courage to think against the cars. So what does he do ? He takes off. Simply, slowly and steadily with self-belief and curiosity in eyes, he takes off amid the "noisy honking cars" to set his own path and write his own destiny.

Imagine what would happen if the airplane would listen to the cars all his life?  He would die very soon. Now you see what really is happening, the airplane tells the cars about the other part of the never explored world, which fascinates them (cars) and the airplane takes those noisy cars to another land. In return for this service to the society, all those noisy cars shut down their honking and respect the bravery of the airplane and give him the title of the LEGEND !

So my dear friend, the noisy people around you will speak, but it totally depends on you if you want to die among them or take off with that leap of faith and straight away dive into your dreams with those eyes of curiosity to make a change in the world because I believe, you will !

One day, this noise will shut down but you have to keep patience for it which the airplane demonstrated so beautifully.

Practice these ideas, reflect on them. Write them down to get them tattooed on your brain. Because these facts alone, will change your way of looking at your naysayers.

You need those naysayers. They're not useless. Instead, they are priceless. Because the noisy cars challenged the airplane, he dived straight into discovering his own path.

The roads have limits. Sky doesn't. You are an airplane. The sky is yours for the taking, my dear friend. Fly high ! Set your own record in the world! Because somewhere down there, there is a group of noisy cars waiting to give you the title of a LEGEND!

Spread your feathers of faith and fly high.

Till next time.

Stay motivated. Stay excited. Stay happy.