“… such feelings as lust, hatred, enmity, jealousy, and belligerence – should not be expressed; they become more and more frequent.
Expressing them tends to make them stronger and more prevalent. It is better to reflect on the disadvantages of engaging in such emotions and to try to displace them with feelings of satisfaction and love. We should forcefully overcome negative emotions when they appear, but it would be even better to find ways to prevent them in the first place.
Lust and hatred give rise to the other counterproductive emotions and thereby create a whole lot of trouble in the world. We cannot be content to live with the consequences of lust and hatred. Of the two, hatred is worse on an immediate basis because it so quickly brings harm to others…
The root of lust and hatred is ignorance of the true nature of all living beings as well as ignorance of the nature of inanimate things. This ignorance is not just lack of knowledge but a consciousness that imagines the exact opposite of the truth; it misapprehends what is actually so. There are many levels of misperception, as in failing to understand what to adopt in practice and what to discard in daily behavior, but here we are talking about the ignorance at the root of all suffering.”
- His Holiness the Dalai Lama
How to Practice The Way to a Meaningful Life, 2002
Some people spin hate and lies, you are truthful and positive and they can not stand it. Please remember “they” are the minority. Many of them have such dirty backgrounds it amazes me that they can even show their faces in public. They do not just have dirty backgrounds, they are still filthy in the present. They are not playing by the rules of being good citizens…I dare say good humans. They are sick and twisted slipping in their own drool as they salivate for your job.
You have to ignore them and keep pushing through, doing your job the best that you can each and every day. Don’t let them distract your good works because then they win. Soon the lies they spin as well as some of their personal business that they should be taking care of will be revealed.