Remember if you want to protect your peace and have enjoyment for yourself there is nothing wrong with that. You can celebrate your wins and who you are. Being independent will give you strength and courage you may not otherwise have or find. It can help you to see what is important for yourself, what makes yourself better, what you enjoy. We want to share our values, opinions, the things we feel good about with our families and have them continue as traditions. We want to know our families feel taken care of, happy, safe, and loved. I like to focus on people and the personal aspects because I find them meaningful. We can focus on things and do better each day. The people that come in scolding you for your dreams or ashamed of the choices you are making are not the right people for you. They can exist anywhere. They could be people you just pass by, or they could be the person right next to you. That is why I see people wanting to protect themselves from the things that could disrupt their lives. What if we could put our insecurities in the rearview mirror and look at what we have to offer the world? Remember you should not diminish the things about yourself that make you feel good, because you would not want to do that to someone you love. When you are wrong face up to the mistakes you have made and the damage you have caused. Trying to escape and minimize blowback is an idea, but valuing who you are is important in life. The damage can end up happening when we have reckless abandonment and think we have no impact on this world. If you do not think you have an impact on this world you would be wrong. It can work like a chain of events, but you are part of the chain of the universe. You are there to fit in the space you are meant and have been waiting for. Your dreams are around the corner but first you must show us what you got. Do you have the differences to take you to the top? Can you bring something new to the table that is lurking deep down in your soul? Will you give up and let the world feast on you? I have felt feasted on, and it is not an ideal choice by me. I will gladly take my chances at giving myself the peace I seek to find. To me I want my life to be about giving back to the world and sharing the ideas that you do matter, you can do things nobody else can, you are free to believe in yourself. You could end up having people lie about how no amount of work you can do will lead you anywhere. What if the first time you hit the goal you want? What if it comes the two hundred and fiftieth time? You will still feel special and deserve your place in the world. People make different impacts in a variety of ways that we may or may not realize.