Yesterday
my life coach said something profound about my situation. She said that some
people viewed my intelligence as a form of maliciousness. They thought since I
climbed to the top that I exhibited some kind of Machiavellian trait of winning
at all costs in order to be where they are at. However, once they discovered
that I did not possess that character trait, they tried undermining me. I never
understood how embodying negativity was healthy for me; and, this was before
all of the biochemistry findings from think tanks. Whenever I got angry, it
always felt like my body was eating itself. I didn’t need that cannibalism in
my life and certainly I wasn’t going to perpetrate this externally. Her words
made me reevaluate my situation and realize that I never wanted to ever be a
part of that group in order to be accepted. I was perfectly okay being myself
and even willing to fight to for it. I don’t believe in hurting people in order
to get ahead because I have gotten this far without having to do it.
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