You have the compass
You want to go east. Luckily, you have a perfectly working compass with you.
As you go, you find all kinds of people. Some of them even join you for a while. They don’t have your compass, but sometimes they will object to your lead.
That’s not east! East is this other way! – they’ll say.
But why would you listen to them? You have the compass.
I’ll be less cryptic now. Pretty much everyone has a say on how we should live. But even our loved ones can’t hear our inner voice, so what do they know?
Everything is subject to interpretation, including your own interpretations. Whatever you do can be judged positively or negatively, even by yourself.
But you and you alone have access to your inner compass. Use it wisely, and let it guide you. When you do, you no longer need to feel lost or unsure.
If opinionated people try to persuade you that your ways are wrong, maybe they don’t even truly care for you at all. So why should you feel upset about it?
And even when a loved one insists on a direction that would make you unhappy, maybe they just fail to realize that what works for them won’t work for you.
Remember, you’ll always have the most power and authority over yourself.
You have the compass.