Do Not Let The Opinion Of Others Control Your Life

We all know there are plenty of critics out there, people who sit in judgment of others without any consideration of their own faults or what the object of their criticism has gone through. No one has walked in your exact footsteps, gone through exactly what you have gone through, or experienced the same challenges with the same perception as you. With that in mind, it is not what others think of you that counts, only what you think about yourself. Without showing empathy or at least trying to comprehend the whole story of someone's life, a person who decides to judge is essentially making a misinformed statement about you without any regard to the events that led you to this point or their own misgivings.

We are our own worst critics, and we often take to heart the negative feedback while ignoring the positive. Self-esteem is a very fragile thing, and when all you focus on is the negative, then your self-image and entire perception will follow suit. In a sense, you will become the negative image that you hear, despite the fact that who you really are is someone entirely different. You are allowing others who do not really know you to determine your self-worth and decide who you are. This is why it is so important to take that negativity with a grain of salt, because no one is perfect, and people who decide to criticize others are lashing out at you in order to take the attention off of themselves and their faults. As they say, when you point the finger at someone, three others are pointing right back at you.

It is vitally important to your well-being, your confidence, and your emotional health that you do what is best for you and your life, not what others tell you is best for you. No one knows you better than you do. Take refuge in the fact that you are exactly who you are meant to be, and no one can take that away from you unless you let them. Improve yourself by focusing on your strengths and not dwelling on your weaknesses, choose hope rather than despair :-)