Francesca+Walz

Francesca Walz Mrs. Johnson 2nd hour English 12 This I Believe I believe that you should never let the haters phase you. This means that you should never allow what someone says to affect you in a negative way when you know that what you are doing is the right thing for you. As a person, I believe that you need to have confidence in what you do and the decisions that you make. Without confidence, it will leave you weak and susceptible to being put down for what you believe. When you are a confident, successful and powerful person there are always going to be people who try to bring you down because they are jealous and want what you have. Jealousy is just love and hate at the same time; jealous people love and want what you have, but hate that you have it and not them. There are two types of haters in this world; the jealous hater and the arrogant hater. A jealous hater is a person that tries to bring you down because they want what you have and will do anything to bring you down. Arrogant haters are people that are overly confident in themselves and feel that they are better than you. Being confident and not letting what others say get to you is one of the best traits a person can have. That’s because when you do what’s best for you, you will live a healthier stress free life because you are not trying to please others with your actions. But, you always have to be careful of becoming arrogant. There have been many times in my life that I have had to deal with haters. An example would be when I was in 6th grade, and I was in a dance group at the dance studio I took classes at. There was a huge eight minute long dance that we were working on, and only 2 girls got the opening solos. There was a huge competition between the girls in our group and especially between me and this one other girl. The girl that I was basically competing against to get the solo was mean. She would always put me down and say that she was better than me and that she was going to get the solo and not me. But, I was determined to get it and I did anything I had to do to be featured as a soloist. I stayed after with the teacher, asked many questions and practiced a ton at home. Then when the day came that the teacher announced who got the solos she called my name! I was so elated words could not describe how happy I was because I had worked so hard to achieve it. That is why you should always do your best to achieve what you want and to make your dreams come true. Never ever let hater bring you down.