10-31-2016, 02:43 PM
Do I care if my friends think I am alpha? No.
Do I care if other guys think so? No.
Do I care if any of you here on the forum think I am alpha? Nope.
Why? Because the truth remains the truth regardless of what anyone "thinks" is true. I therefore have nothing to prove, because I am secure within myself concerning my own inner strength and capacities. And so, I am at peace. Tranquil.
People judge me by my small size and underestimate me regularly. I let them, because it means I have an advantage they won't expect.
People think I am weak and frail because of my bad lungs. To some degree, I am. But that doesn't make me less self sufficient, or less capable of achieving my goals, or less capable of taking care of myself or thinking. So if someone sees me mowing the grass and getting winded frequently over what for a person with normal lungs would be no bog deal, and they think I'm weak... who cares? They can think whatever they want. The truth is still the truth. I don't need their approval or permission to know that I am what and who I am, and capable of doing what I can do.
Inward. Not outward. Outward isn't important. Outward is a lot of people who don't have a clue what is what. They don't matter unless they threaten my health or safety, or that of someone under my protection. Let ignorants be ignorant. Let idiots be idiots. Let fools be fools. They don't matter, and what they think doesn't matter. If someone dumb enough to assume that I am weak because I am small shows up and starts taunting me about it, all it does is show the level of stupidity they have. I don't need to prove anything to them - unless they force my hand. And then, I will demonstrate that I am not someone you want to fuck with. Maybe not physically. Maybe not even the same day. But I will end up on top. I know the sort of things that make that pretty certain.
In other words, I don't worry about what other people think of me. If they have enough common sense to think at all, they'll probably have a neutral or positive response to me. I am polite, I am considerate and I am friendly and helpful, if you are not being an ass to me. But if they don't like me for whatever reason... well, they're welcome to go their own way. I'll try to resolve any misunderstandings or misperceptions first, but sometimes you just can't get through to some people. Them's the cards you're dealt, and that's the way it is.
What matters is mastering yourself so that you don't have to worry about what other people think.
Do I care if other guys think so? No.
Do I care if any of you here on the forum think I am alpha? Nope.
Why? Because the truth remains the truth regardless of what anyone "thinks" is true. I therefore have nothing to prove, because I am secure within myself concerning my own inner strength and capacities. And so, I am at peace. Tranquil.
People judge me by my small size and underestimate me regularly. I let them, because it means I have an advantage they won't expect.
People think I am weak and frail because of my bad lungs. To some degree, I am. But that doesn't make me less self sufficient, or less capable of achieving my goals, or less capable of taking care of myself or thinking. So if someone sees me mowing the grass and getting winded frequently over what for a person with normal lungs would be no bog deal, and they think I'm weak... who cares? They can think whatever they want. The truth is still the truth. I don't need their approval or permission to know that I am what and who I am, and capable of doing what I can do.
Inward. Not outward. Outward isn't important. Outward is a lot of people who don't have a clue what is what. They don't matter unless they threaten my health or safety, or that of someone under my protection. Let ignorants be ignorant. Let idiots be idiots. Let fools be fools. They don't matter, and what they think doesn't matter. If someone dumb enough to assume that I am weak because I am small shows up and starts taunting me about it, all it does is show the level of stupidity they have. I don't need to prove anything to them - unless they force my hand. And then, I will demonstrate that I am not someone you want to fuck with. Maybe not physically. Maybe not even the same day. But I will end up on top. I know the sort of things that make that pretty certain.
In other words, I don't worry about what other people think of me. If they have enough common sense to think at all, they'll probably have a neutral or positive response to me. I am polite, I am considerate and I am friendly and helpful, if you are not being an ass to me. But if they don't like me for whatever reason... well, they're welcome to go their own way. I'll try to resolve any misunderstandings or misperceptions first, but sometimes you just can't get through to some people. Them's the cards you're dealt, and that's the way it is.
What matters is mastering yourself so that you don't have to worry about what other people think.