Happy Muslim New Year

Wishing y'all a gainful Muharram (Muslim New Year), and I have the following to say:

I may not know more than what the streets taught me, but one thing I know is that if you want to make progress, you need to emancipate yourself from the bondages of negativity, and that will require you to show those jerks and jackasses around you that you don't deal with jackassery.

You need to know that just because they enjoy being miserable doesn't mean you must also wallow in misery. Just because theirs ain't working doesn't have to prevent you from having it your way. Just because they're in consistent denial doesn't mean you cannot be confidently affirmative. Just because they're slavishly devoted to everything shoved down their throats doesn’t mean you cannot withhold assent. Just because they became what they're thanks to talebearing doesn't mean you should also be a blabbermouth.

If they come with issues that are beyond the scope of your business, or complicating simple things, tell them it's none of your business. Sometimes offense is your best defense. Teach them about the good in appreciating the good in their lives, hoping that that way, they'll learn to appreciate rather than hate the good in the lives of others.