@persephonesblood: People who hate you will see your potential before you do. And to make sure that you never use it, they try to drag you down, try to destroy your spirit, try to sabotage you. The truth is, they are unconsciously doing you a favor. They are stepping away from their own life mission, become obsessively devoted to yours and send you their energy. And any kind of energy can be transmuted into pure energy for us to use - that’s the secret of alchemizing it. So instead of trying to stop them or trying to speak reason or logic into them or yet alone to react to them, let them direct their limited energy to you and use it as a fuel for yourself.