Insight#3: "It was never between you and them anyway."
There comes a moment in life when you are totally alone: no friends, no acquaintances, no one to talk to freely and share your concerns with. Only you and your thoughts. This stage is essential to invest in your skills, career growth and education, I believe. Consider it as an attention span given from above as a space for your development and level-up . Naturally, you start facing hardships in its all forms as well, because how ever greatness comes with ease, right? Here, it is important that you truly discover and comprehend your true self during this process: who are you? what are your values? what is your mission in this life? what good can you leave people after your death? - These are points to consider. As you live and go up, and up, and up - slowly going to the top of the ladder - you care less about outer factors, and direct your lantern to the inside. In other words, people's words will not bother you, their opinions will not stop you from committing particular actions, ...