In life, people will always have something to say about you; in fact if they have nothing to say, then you probably don't exist. But what you make of the comment, side talks and criticism matters. It's just like the story of a cow who fell into a ditch and couldn't climb out neither could it be drawn out by its owner. So the owner and neighbours resolved to bury the cow by pouring sand into the ditch. But what did the cow do... He simply shook off the sand and stepped on it. Though it took a long time, the level of the sand was such that the cow could successfully climb out of the ditch!
The question is what do we do with the things people say about us.. Do we shake them off and step on them to get higher and better or we resolve to be buried along with our God-given talent and destiny?... What we do matters a whole lot.

Very inspiring and thought provoking post sir. Keep it up.