If you are determined to do whatever you’ve set your mind to, you shouldn’t pay any attention to what others have to say about it. Only when they start hitting you, you should reconsider.
If we were born into this World by accident, how come I couldn’t be born rich, so I don’t have to suffer throughout my life? Hence I don’t play any lottery games, considering that Fortune is not on my side, by design. I’m getting old and superstitious.
If all cells in our body replace themselves every five years or so, can we then conclude that we are new persons, in the same intervals? The trouble is that all cell replacements don’t happen simultaneously.
If I ever get rich and acquire a load of cash (very doubtful perspective!), I don’t believe that would change a lot in my life: I’d probably get rid of it, the same way I was doing it till now.
If I were to apologize to all the people that I’d hurt in the past, even inadvertently, that would consume all the time till the end of my life. Fortunately, I have no intention to do such a thing.