Sometimes others seek to crush one down, to make nothing out of one's hopes and dreams, one's future and one, himself.

     By ridicule and many other means, another who is evil-intentioned toward one can try to bring about one's decline.

     For whatever reason, efforts to improve oneself, to become happier in life, can become the subject of attacks. It is sometimes necessary to handle such directly. But there is a long-range handling that seldom fails...

     ...The real handling of such a situation and such people, the real way to defeat them, is to flourish and prosper."

L. Ron Hubbard