Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Sideline Screamers, Frontline Whisperers

By Shaun Marq Anderson

We've all heard the famous song by the O'jays, "They smile in your face; all the time they wanna take your place...!" Of course you know the rest of the song! But why do people do this? Why do they feel they must tear you down, to build themselves up? Well, if Christ had to deal with it, then I certainly don't have an answer for you! But, what I do know is that those particular type of people are as soft as cotton balls and are as harmless as a tickle!

You see, this society likes to scream that "s/he is a hater!" But to me, the word hater is too cliché, too overly used. Why? Because everyone is not a hater. There are some people who legitimately care for us and are willing to tell us the truth about ourselves even though we may not like it. No, those are not haters, they are concerned friends.

But, there are people who are in this world that mean to do you harm!

I like to call these people: Sideline Screamers, Frontline Whisperers (SSFW). You see, these people want to be you so badly that they would insist upon creating lies, diversions, rumors, and scare tactics in order to stop you from reaching your destiny. It's a shame the things that they do behind closed vs. in your face!

They are the ones who hide behind their Facebook statuses, spewing garbage about how hard, tough, thugged out, or gwapped up (means: they have money) they are. These people have never been anywhere, never seen anything besides their hometowns, and are too afraid to leave mommy and daddy's crib. So, they would rather tear down your success instead celebrating your progress!

They would rather destroy your dreams in order for you to live their nightmares. They swear that they know everything about you even though they are not around you 24/7! But can still tell people when you wake up, when you rummage the fridge, and even when you take your early morning dump! Too much information? Probably, but you get the point!

They stay lurking on every post you update on your Facebook status just to try to catch you in a lie! They get mad at you over the simplest of things just because they are really mad at something else! But like a typical SSFW tendency, they will never tell you the issue that they have with you, they will just continue to sit on the Sideline Screaming while being a Frontline Whisperer.

Often times, the SSFW people are people who grew up with you, family, or are people you've worked with for years. They are so angry that they are stuck in their miserable lives and are truly comfortable when you remain in the misery with them! Must I mention the old saying about misery? No! Because I think you and I have heard it a million times! But it does ring true more often than not!

Once you start climbing out of the misery pit and into the promised land of your life, the gnash their teeth and spit fire from their mouth! But you will never hear them say it! Why? Because they have a Ph.D. in Cowardly! They will forever remain on the Sidelines of life, Screaming about how they are so much better than you are, how you think you are better than somebody, or "I remember when Shaun was a nobody" stories!

But fear not! They will never bust a grape! In fact, mice squeak louder than Frontline Whisperers! Let them talk, let them envy you, let them try to bluff you into fear, and let them continue wish that they were you because, truthfully, they are not you and will never be! As long they avoid change, they will continue to remain on the Sideline making a dent on the bench, watching you become a superstar, and Screaming to the referee about how life is unfair! Enjoy your life, let the Sidelines murmur, and live your dreams to the fullest! So Speaks Shaun Marq! Love you much!


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