beneath the surface.

"You have some excellent social and career connections, but you cannot rely on them too much right now. It's much wiser to pursue your current goals by yourself. Not only will it help you strengthen your own skills, but it will help show these folks that you don't always need them for everything -- and that will improve your stature in their eyes. It's time for you to flesh out your reputation as a mover and a shaker. Looking like a follower is not going to be good for you now."

Patience is wearing thin but I can't help it. I can feel it slowly cracking under the intense pressure and the inevitable will happen. I'm like a walking time bomb. An elusive land mine. It's running out of time and there's no where to go. I don't know how long I can keep this up. This mask is slipping off my face. Sadly, the truth is not something everyone wants to hear or see.

I make no apologies about who I am. If I am truly good enough, then my talent shall speak for itself(look up 'Self-explanatory'). If you have to ass kiss your way through life, maybe you could go far, but you surely won't last long. Because at the end of the day, all you're doing is trying to please everyone around you and being human, you will succumb to frustration and anger. It's the same with sympathy-seekers. They manipulate people in such a way that they end up gaining sympathy from others and because people take pity on them, their flaws magically disappear. But again, they could go far, but they won't last long.

Life's a bitch, without these extras. The least you could do is make things a little better for everyone else. I am going to pursue my calling in life and I'm not letting anything stand in my way.