The one most important point to keep in your mind… and
let it be your guide…
No matter what people think or say about you,
you are just who you are…
your essential nature
perfect in its True expression…

Keep this truth close. Ask yourself,
how is it you Want to live your life?
We live and we die;
this is the truth that we can only face alone.
So consider carefully,
what hinders you from
living the way you want to live your life,
Today?
~ Dalai Lama

(Thank you, Nancy Bennett)