Who says I'm Not succesful?

How much power do you let someone elses words have over you?
Do you change your outfit because you think people will talk about it?
Do you go home and cry because someone called you ugly?

Gossip is a big deal, but the bigger is that it's just words...Words that hurt at times yes
But most of the time it's because we don't believe in ourselves enough to know the difference between lies and truth.

There have been countless times that I've felt wonderful about something and then had it crushed because a couple of people told me that they thought it was stupid.

There have been times I've gone partying and knew maybe I acted a little wild , but it never bothered me at all until someone else told me that I behaved badly.

How much of someone elses input do we take? How much of our own do we need to listen to?

When I was in high school , I had a friend who had a daughter..
All through our first year of high school no one knew this. She went to class everyday on time, she had a social life, dressed nice , was popular and still took great care of her daughter.
By the time we got to sophomore year someone found out she had a kid and spread it all around school. People stopped being her friend, rumors went around that she was a slut, that she didn't take care of her daughter and everyone had a new person that was her baby father everyday. After all of that ..a year of drama ,people laughing at her when she walked down the halls , and fighting to clear her name...My friend decided to drop out ,get her g.e.d and not continue at our school. Of course I was upset, But it wasn't my choice , she needed to do what was right for her and we are still friends to this day (I got permission to use this story :))

But what she failed to realize was those people were never her friends, real friends don't talk about you behind your back. Real friends don't turn on you when times get rough and they find out things about you that they didn't know before .
Those things they said about my friend shouldn't have mattered one bit, because they weren't true and those people were just waiting to find out something negative so they could have something to talk about.

So my questions to you is this....
Should what people say affect your life?
If i know I'm here standing here in front of you, I see everything around me, I can feel myself living and breathing . Do I not exist because you say I don't?
If I have overcome challenges in my life and I feel victorious , I feel like I've accomplished everything I've Ever wanted....
Am I not succesful because you say I'm not?

Peace and Love
Benji-Wilson