Narcissists Seethe And Pout When Your Shine Is Too Bright
I will never forget a narcissistic boss telling me how my smile brightened up the atmosphere around me. I was actually surprised to hear that coming from him. He said that I seemed to have a spark within me that was infectious that even made him stop to smile in wonder about me. It turns out, he just wanted to figure out how to take that spark away from me because not long after his comment to me, he seemed to zero in on making my work days more difficult.
This particular boss would butt heads with me over nonsensical matters. For instance, if I said the sky was blue, he would say it was purple and then tell me to back up my assessment regarding a blue sky with facts. He was intent on controlling me to take my spark away, but instead of becoming offended, I would just stare at him like he was crazy and then smile. It turns out, he actually hated when I smiled, but yet, my smile was supposedly brightening up the atmosphere around me.
Over the years, I have come to learn that narcissists and narcissistic types do not mind me shining just as long as my shine is not too bright for them. How silly of narcissists to forget that so many stars shine at night sharing in the contributions to a brighter night sky, but narcissists and narcissistic types just do not want to share. They believe all the shine should belong to them. They want to be the sun while forgetting that the sun that shines upon the earth is a star as well and is just one of billions of stars in the universe and the closest star to the earth.
Interestingly, a narcissist wants to be the sun and shine brightly, but a narcissists has about as much light as is reflected onto the moon. Did the narcissist forget that the moon shines only because of the sun? Just like the moon, a narcissist reflects the light that comes from others who actually have light from within them. The narcissists only shines artificially with a reflection of light that will not last once the main source of light is removed from them.
The narcissist forgets that the shine of light actually comes from within a person. The narcissist has a dark void that they often refuse to have filled with light. In fact, the narcissist stifles light from entering into them because they hold onto offense. I often believe that if even the smallest amount of light were able to filter into a narcissist, then that would be just enough light for the narcissist to perhaps self-reflect about the changes they need to make to heal themselves. Although I have not seen this happen with any narcissistic personalities that I have known, I still have hope. Nothing is impossible.
Nevertheless, I am realistic, and I have become less tolerable of narcissistic personalities attempting to dim my light. It is annoying, and any attempt to explain to a narcissist why I find it annoying is always met with their sarcasm, lack of empathy, and any inability to comprehend what I am even talking about. So it is pointless to explain anything. I will just continue to keep on shining as much as possible. It is my right to shine whether anyone else likes it or not. No one can stop what I was created to do.
Narcissists Seethe And Pout When Your Shine Is Too Bright
I say … Let them!
My Voice Unchained 