Haters Gonna Hate

Several months ago, friends of mine introduced me to something I'd consider a reality we live in- Haters Gonna Hate. We live in a world full of critics; people who'll do anything to bring us down to our core. People who have the guts to say things that  they themselves can't do. Yes, it's much easier to point out someone's mistakes rather than yours and even I'm guilty of that. They (Haters) want to appear above the rest; using their keen intellectual ability to dissect and pinpoint every wrong move you make. Trust me, there are no exceptions. 

In the world of sports, superstar athletes are no exception to the rule. In every basketball game I go to, you'd hear an obese guy saying how slow this guy runs. Come to think of it, I'd bet he'd run even slower than he (player) does. Another 'glorious' sight in the game of basketball is when you would see a person saying this person is dumb, bobo, stupid for making certain decisions that affect the outcome of the game. You aren't making the decision! Why criticize someone for making one under the given circumstances? 

That's one thing I hate about life and sports in general, there are a lot of critics out there. People are insensitive and not mindful of the things their saying. They think everything those professional athletes are doing is easy- it isn't! That's what their payed for; to make it effortlessly appear that their under distress and control in times of pressure. 

There have been many talents and egos destroyed by this. You'd see talented individuals who couldn't perform to their potential rot in the bench with a shattered confidence. As a speaker once told me, Potential are the things you still haven't done. A puzzling question that probably is running on your mind is why is there such a word called potential? Easy. Potential is something your dub to a certain player or person who you absolutely hate for one reason or another but has the necessary skills and talents to succeed. You would never say this guy has potential if he is already GREAT!

We cannot change society and its course. The only things we can do is how to adjust to what society presents us. If it presents us a hater, then find a way to make him a believer. That is no easy task! Convincing someone, especially a critic, that you are really that talented! People have their own certain opinions about players that one game can't change their perceptions. It takes a lifetime for a player to prove to his haters that he is indeed a good one! 

We live in a society who judges people normally through physical attributes and faith and over the next several blog entires, we'd be slowly learning about great people who've proved to the world that their haters and critics were wrong. 

For every great person, he'd have a million haters. 

"Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them makes life meaningful." - Joshua J. Marine

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

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