HOW does society treat a champion? For example, a successful individual or an alpha female through an aquarium perspective. In a negative environment, how are they treated?

How things were when you were younger, clumsy, and still growing are different from how things are when you become successful. When you become a threat, everyone changes.

People will judge the way you walk, talk, dress, and for doing the same things that they do, sometimes even worse. Their voices are loud when you fall, but silent when you win.

But a champion can either live life in fear of what other people will say or choose not to. It requires a certain level of emotional intelligence to be able to rise above basic human emotions.

Success often attracts hostility. But those who have the most to say about successful people are usually the ones who have achieved the least.

Only those who don't appreciate the arts will ridicule an artist and their passion for creating, whether it's writing, making music, or dancing.

If they ridicule you for reading -- a perfectly quiet activity where you don't disturb anyone -- yet they are always very loud, let it pass. Intelligence makes some people uncomfortable, especially an intelligent woman who is not afraid to speak her mind.

We are defined by the things that we love. And if by chance you love making fun of other people, then perhaps you love yourself a little less than you show.

The world is larger than you think. You don't have to stay in the same school, workplace, or city forever. A champion doesn't let other people's treatment of them define who they are.

But take a second to appreciate the lessons, strength, and patience that you gained from life's experiences for these are traits that will help you achieve more in life.

For some, a champion's kindness doesn't matter. Sometimes, cruelty is cool while kindness is outdated. But be kind anyway.

And if there ever comes a time that you feel as if you were born into a world that you don't fit in, it's because you were born to help create a new one.

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Andrea Isabelle Mejos is a young writer from Davao. She likes to seek beauty from all angles - people, products, places - and writes them down.