Being Resistant to Disapproval

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.." Dr. Seuss

I read recently that Herman Melville stopped writing at the age of 32 because of the ridicule and disapproval he received from publishers about his book, Moby Dick.  How very odd, since Moby Dick is now considered one of America's greatest novels, and what a loss to our literary history that he quit writing.  In contrast, Goya, when he went deaf, decided to also become deaf to the disapproval of others, and he went on to create many magnificent paintings.  Goya decided  in order"to allow his genius to become apparent to himself it was necessary that he should dare to give up aiming to please." The lesson?  Let us practice being ourselves and being resistant to the disapproval of others.