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Illigitimi non carborundum is Latin for "Don't let the bastards get you down."

I'm a Buddhist. We believe that we are all stuck here in "samsara," which is Sanskrit for "suffering." But we can be liberated from suffering by letting go of our attachments to what seems pleasant and our aversions to what seems unpleasant. The operative word here being "seems." No one wants to be unhappy and suffer. Everyone wants to be happy. I guarantee you 1000% that all those dreadful hateful people out there are also miserable and unhappy.

It's not what's "out there" that makes us unhappy, but rather our point of view, what we cultivate in our mind. We can cultivate anger and hatred toward others, or we can cultivate compassion and loving kindness. The challenge for me as a Buddhist is to have compassion for everyone equally -- yes even those dreadful stupid haters, because all of us are trapped here in suffering.

My best advice is to focus on something where you work for the happiness and benefit of others.