Being the best is looked down upon

I was sitting here listening to The Glitch Mob - "Fortune Days" prepping for the rave I will be attending this Saturday, when all of the sudden it dawned on me; people degrade others over the things that make them worth being around.  For example: A good friend of mine is always targeted by criticism and ridicule for literally no reason.  He has no characteristics that I find negative, but for some reason people seem to enjoy fabricating false information about him JUST to have something to talk shit about.  Why is it that the people who deserve this disdain the least always seem to find themselves face to face with it?

Its so apparent to me now.  Everything that you are, all the experiences that you have had, the collection of your talents: will always make others feel empty.  Everything that you are, they are not.  Being the person you want to be will always contrast with what the world wants of you; therefore you must slice through all the bullshit, all the ridicule fired towards you, and all the jealousy people feel for you.  Due to the asinine conformist philosophy that has plagued the U.S for so long, society will Always try to bring you down.  Theres a reason that 1% of the population of the United States controls nearly a third of the wealth in the country.  The lower class is too busy fighting over stupid bullshit, while those who break free of societies vice grip settle themselves among the cosmos.

None of the founding fathers allowed societal woes to limit their potential, neither should you.  I question the motives of high school students who are looking for part-time employment; is your time really worth eight dollars an hour?  The forty hours you work a week could be appropriated towards studying, or honing some sort of talent of yours.  I gladly pass up a few grand in High school for 400 points on my SAT's because that small amount of money (which buys shit that is essentially inconsequential) pales in comparison to the money that I would acquire by graduating from NC.State, instead of a lesser school.

Don't Be a conformist.  Don't let ridicule harm you.  Don't let pointless shit like rejection or drama get in your way.  You have to be the best, and any less is a tragedy.  Never stop climbing.

“I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing so until the end”~Abraham Lincoln

The Glitch Mob - Fortune Days