I am surrounded by your poison but love will conquer all

I am not often criticized, but when I am it is usually by the cynical. "Polyp," they will say. "Polyp! Polyp! Polyp!" They want attention, like a child. "Polyp!!!" But of course they cannot get my attention with their tiresome ejaculations, because I do not pay heed to negativity.

Today, perhaps these wicked ones are saying, "you shouldn't be so trusting; remember what happened with the Pony?" or, "why did you take seven weeks off," or, "life is not a Disney movie!"

But life really is like a Disney movie, or at least like Seabiscuit. Because when you believe in yourself and empower others to be their best you unlock your own miraculous potential: to overcome adversity, to imagineer a better tomorrow. Spoiler alert: when Team Seabiscuit works together, they win at the game of life. So can you.

So when eager lips trip over themselves to share some poisonous observation, do not succumb to the temptation to dunk their heads in noodle soup while screaming "make better decisions!" Remember the tremendous blessing of your own imperfection and empower yourself to rise above with this little rhyme:

Sticks and stones
I have no bones
But names will only spur me to temporarily dissolve into a puddle of goo before rising up once more, greater and lovelier and temporarily filled with desire to shove your face in some noodle soup.