1302Sidney sent this in from Portland, Oregon - United States. She wrote: “I heard a speaker once say this in a group I'm in, and while it sounds rather harsh at first glance, it really helped me through a time when I was very much afraid of what other people knew and thought about me.

"It helped me to let go of the obsession of pleasing others and getting people to like me, and instead let people think what they may while I continue to be the great, loved person that I am.”