The Only Voice That Matters

“Intuition is the whisper of the soul.” — J. Krishnamurti

I spend a lot of my time thinking about how to be positive in the present and to plan for success in the future. Conversely, I also spend time in thought on my vices — negatives that hold me back from being the best version of myself. Those voices can come (worst of all) from the voice inside our heads. When they do, it’s important that we reject them and think positively.

But the purpose of this piece is to target the “haters” that live to rob us of our joy. It’s remarkable how many people end up faltering or squandering time because they’re not vulnerable enough to trust their own voice, so instead they implicitly trust the negative voices of others.

I think about envy, which is the emotion of coveting another’s advantages or successes. Another form of envy is an overly self-conscious concern of what others think of us. Our worry of comparing ourselves to others- and trying to measure up to the skills and success of people in our environment- can be extraordinarily detrimental.

Envy can produce anger and, vice versa, when we get upset or perturbed by words said to us from a work supervisor, friend or classmate. Envy is the long road to ruin. We start on the path to envy when we abandon our self- control, moral good and…