then along comes you, someone who defies the norm and chooses to pursue his/her life’s vision in order to become self-fulfilled. Just the thought of you taking on this journey can bring about an underlying feeling of jealousy, envy, contempt, and resentment from those around you. “How dare you chase your dreams, when I can’t?” “Who do you think you are?” “So, you think you are better than me?” These are all thoughts that can unconsciously invade the minds of those around you who do not have your best interests at heart, resulting in passive aggressive tactics used to impede or stop your journey before it gets up a head of steam. Some in your circle may even pose comments and questions such as these outright, as well as overtly try to derail your quest.
For example, it is sad but often times true that in many poverty stricken neighborhoods (like the one I grew up in), friends and family do not support and sometimes impede another from escaping the neighborhood as he/she tries to elevate him/herself, leaving the individual who is trying to attain self-fulfillment to fight on alone in his/her quest. This is often referred to as the “crabs in the barrel” effect. Now, this “crabs in a barrel” effect does not only occur in poor neighborhoods. No, not at all. This kind of behavior permeates all parts of our society and often times surfaces when someone has visions of self-fulfilment that others in his/her circle of friends and family don’t share.
What To Look For
In sticking with the examples presented at the beginning of this post, those that are unwilling to support your quest for self-fulfillment may make disparaging comments such as:
You would have to do too much work to amass the kind of wealth that