Always remember that your present situation is not your final destination. The best is yet to come! The one thing that you can always count on is change. Everything is changing all the time. You never truly know if something will end up being good or bad until some time in the future.
Don't allow the opinions of others to hold you back from what you want to be. When you start living your life your way, a lot of people will not like it. It will upset some people and others will actively try to convince you that you are wrong.
I have a newsflash for you - you do not have to react to rude, critical, argumentative people. Most of the time, these people are trying to push your buttons and get a reaction from you. They enjoy getting under people's skin and trying to upset them.
How others see you is not as important as how [...]