Resonance
LXIII — Resonant Wealth – Overcoming Cynics and Toxicity
It is often the people who have never achieved, and never will achieve, who aim ridicule and taunt with incredulity and scorn at persons who are seen to try 'above their station.' They have never succeeded in anything in their lives, and they don't wish to see others claim prizes of success. These distasteful characters will find the merest atom of a fault and turn it into the most devastating of a problem, and in the process they will crush the man or woman pursuing their dream, For the man or woman, displaying not the accoutrements of fortitude, confidence, and sure-fire aim, will be conquered in their dream at the very first contrary circumstance. The man or woman, though, who does demonstrate higher and deeper levels of fortitude, confidence, and sure-fire aim, and just as importantly a complete indifference to what cynics may say will hold intact a profound belief in themselves and they will achieve the fruits of their goal.
Our personal and occupational lives can often be the greatest impediment to our desire. If you surround yourself with persons of negative ilk and energy, they will slowly drain from you any desire at all to be ambitious. They will leach and suck out of you the very essence of positive energy, and in its place, they will plant, grow and fester a veritable nest of vagrant thoughts and negative actions. In the end, you will become one of them. These 'vampyres' are everywhere. In our personal lives, most often-times, we have a choice whether to accept or banish these creatures. If we experience untold negativity when in the company of one environment, we can simply leave and find a more positive environment with which to entertain our desire. One of the greatest obstacles, however, to one's goal of achievement can often be the very partner or kin with which we share our lives. Unwittingly, they can drown in one statement your goal. They can possess a predetermined belief that you are unable, incapable, or even not worthy to achieve your goal and that you are 'aiming above your station in life.' They don't mean any harm in what they say, and when challenged, they would retort that they are realists guiding the hapless dreamer to a path more befitting their current station in life. They can't see the burning desire which drives the ambitious person on to believe and achieve their goal.
More distressing is the toxic relationship, which has broken down whether in the family or in marriage. This relationship will hinder throughout every second the purpose and the goal. There is no denying that the toxicity must be severed, ended, and a new path chosen. And this can also apply in one's job. There is nothing more dispiriting than working every day, every week, every year to simply pay the bills, pay the rent, put food on the table, and have little left with which to find and indulge in pleasurable recreation. Your plan of action needs must have necessity to find, seek, and take other employment where there is the prospect of success and further enhancement to your major purpose in life. As hitherto mentioned, reckless indulging in the sensual pleasures can destroy your goal, but also persevering in a hopeless job or relationship can also cripple any purpose and ruin any chance of its achievement.
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About Karl Swainston
Karl Swainston is a writer and storyteller whose work is forged from a life lived across the North of England and far beyond. Growing up on a Leeds council estate in the 1960s, Karl's journey was anything but linear. By the age of thirty, he had already lived a dozen lives: from the rigors of grammar school to a degree in Latin, a stint as a fishmonger, a period of discovery living in Marseille, and a return to the hustle of London. Whether working as a postman, a builder, or competing as a county-level chess player, he was, above all, an avid reader—constantly documenting the world around him. This restless spirit continued into his professional life. Karl later taught in Bradford, where he ran a specialist unit for 244 of the most excluded students from across the region—young people whom even the local Pupil Referral Units could not accommodate. Working alongside his old friend Malcolm, Karl spent his days navigating the volatility of Bradford's most aggressive and dysfunctional teenagers. Throughout his life, Karl has been an avid runner and has always shared his home with a rotating cast of beloved dogs and cats—companions who have been constant witnesses to his work. As a writer, Karl's range is as expansive as his history. He works across a wide breadth of genres, including fiction and short stories, autobiography and memoir, biography, non-fiction, and metaphysical writing, as well as providing sharp commentary, opinion, analysis, and essays. Whether writing about his years managing the Harrogate Arms or offering insights from his current adopted home in South East India, where he lives in a simple village with his dog, Bambi, Karl's voice reflects the full, untidy, and deeply human breadth of life. He continues to draw on the rich, decades-long tapestry of his experiences to tell stories that matter, proving that no matter where you live, the human story remains the same.
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