My mother always taught me, even my dad, just never let other people's opinions of you shape your opinion of yourself. And I never have and I never will.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I always knew I was different and that people had opinions about me. I guess I learned as best as I can to shield out a lot and live my life from within.
I've learned how to look at things and not judge them, but respect them and use it in a way that people understand that I respect them, show them love and respect their reality.
So many times, people told me I can't do this or can't do that. My nature is that I don't listen very well. I'm very determined, and I believe in myself. My parents brought me up that way. Thank God for that. I don't let anything stand in my way.
When I was growing up, my parents always told me that I had to do what I thought was right and not listen to other people. That was hard for me.
My mother taught me to be honest, to be selfless, and to touch people in a positive way.
I am in agreement with everything my father taught me and nothing my mother taught me.
I learned something through the experiences in my life, and that is that you never judge how someone may be reacting to a situation because you don't know what they may be going through. It's important that you treat people well, and I try to make people feel good about themselves always.
I was brought up in an environment to believe that my opinion was important, that I had something to say, and that it was no less powerful because I was young, a girl, at the time really unattractive, definitely not the smartest kid in the class.
My mother always taught me to think about things from other people's perspectives and think about where they're coming from.
I've learned that no matter what I do, people are going to have their opinions.