"Lions don't lose sleep over the opinion of sheep." - Unknown
It seems as if my whole life, I have lived to satisfy the people around me. I didn't take criticism well at all.
I couldn't do anything with confidence because I was constantly worrying about what the people around me thought. And honestly, if you just sit there and think about it, that's so sad.
No matter how I dressed, somebody had something to say about it. No matter how successful I was, somebody had something to say about it. And no matter how bad I was doing at that time in my life, somebody still had something to say about it, trying to put me down even further, as if I needed help.
But one day, I woke up and realized, flowers don't bloom by the opinion of others. So why am I stressing over it? They didn't make any money or progress by their opinion, and I'm still breathing, regardless of their opinion. So I'm done stressing about it.
Ever since that day, I have been the happiest that I have ever been. I have been living for myself, doing what makes me happy. This flower has been blooming like a flower in May with extra Miracle-Gro. Yeah, I can't lie, I still wonder what others think. But I no longer let that stop me from living my life.
Life is too short to alter to everyone's preferences.
So do what makes you happy. If you want to be wild, be wild. If you want to be a "goody-two-shoes," be a "goody-two-shoes". You're the one that has to lay your head on your pillow every night, not anybody else. So as long as you can sleep well at night, what's it matter to anyone else?
And that's my opinion of opinions... but this one isn't like the rest. Judgemental, bias, negative, etc. This opinion is my lifestyle that made me happier, and I hope it will be the last opinion that anyone ever takes to the heart.