Thanks for your biased opinion!

A man and his teenage son were once going with their donkey to market. As they were walking along by his side a man saw them and said, "You fools, what is a donkey for but to ride upon?" So the man put his son on the donkey, and they continued.

Further down the road, they saw men with a disgust look at them, "See that lazy youngster; he lets his father walk while he rides."

Father and son looked at each other, the man asked his boy to get off, and got on himself. But they hadn't gone far when they passed two women, one of whom said to the other, "Shame on that lazy lout to let his poor little son trudge along."

Well, the man didn't know what to do, but at last he took his boy up before him on the donkey. By this time they had come to the town, and the passersby began to jeer and point at them. The man stopped and asked what they were scoffing at.

The men said, "Aren't you ashamed of yourself for overloading that poor donkey of yours -- you and your hulking son?"

Aesop's fable continues from this point and duo ends up loosing their donkey. The reason? Being driven by the opinions of judgmental society...

We are living in the sea of opinions. Everyone has opinions about everything and ready to impose on us. They will try all possible ways to prove their opinions are true. It may or may not be any bankable to them, but still if we follow their opinions, their ego is nurtured. Without knowing about our life journey, life hackers will put their nose and try to make it like theirs. Phew!

Opinions are always coming from life stories and experience. They are slanted by the color glasses the person wears. Whenever we hear an opinion, let's look at the life journey of a person delivering it. Is it coming out of experience or from the land of unknowns? Is the person qualified to provide opinions on this? In human life, most of the notions are to stop others achieving new heights. Don't let other people's insecurities and fears riding on us. If we stop and listen to everyone, we are going nowhere.

We can't make everyone happy. In fact, we are not here to make everyone happy. Let's focus on the goal and milestones; don't care about what people say about it. Some people are negative and always try to put everyone down with their extra sharp tongue. Find them and kick them out of your decision making periphery. 

Have confidence, that's our life and we are allowed to make mistakes. We have all the rights to be experimental about our life decisions. We may end up in failure, but the chances of winning are equally bright. Even in case of mess, we failed by our own mistakes. Take the invaluable experience out of it and start working towards the next experiment. Of course, we should listen to critics and opinions; analyse them, apply common sense and take a decision based on the available information. 

Always talk to self before taking any decisions. Be it a smallest decision or the matter of life and death. Talk to the inner voice. The only person who knows us in and out is, the self! Before every decision, let's ascertain its impact over the life. Check all the visible aspects of the problem, be prepared about the obscures and start moving.

“You’re the average of the five people you spend the most time with”. - Jim Rohn