Make a Difference

“There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: Those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed.”
Ray Goforth

How often have we been told that we are too ambitious. How often have we been told that our great idea just won't work because it is too impractical or nobody will be willing to do that? There are a lot of people who just don't want us to succeed. They don't want to see us make a difference in the world. These people are not as mean spirited as they may sound. They are just afraid.

Some of them are afraid to try to make a difference in the world themselves, and they are jealous of you for wanting to try. They know that if you succeed, they will feel bad about themselves for having given up on their own dream. So it is their own lack of self-worth and self confidence that makes them want to stop you.

Some of them are afraid that you will succeed. They may think that if you succeed, the world will be worse for them than it used to be, because they don't like what you're trying to do. More likely they may think that if you succeed and they don't then they are an inferior person. And nobody likes to be an inferior person.

Don't pay any attention to people who don't want you to succeed. Realize that it is only because they are afraid of being inferior. They are afraid of their lack of self confidence and self-worth showing up. Once you succeed, you can then help them succeed too.

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