When I first left my first 9:00 – 5:00 job to pursue my dream to become a writer, coach and trainer ; a lot of people thought that I was crazy for leaving a stable job 
Some of them asked me why?, there were also those who said that I was daring enough to venture into an unknown horizon; a 180 degree different from my trained profession and there were also people who bluntly said I was not thinking straight, it was a waste of time.
There were times after that especially during difficult times that I too wondered whether what they said was true and whether I had made the right decision.
Until today, there are still people who are trying to talk me out of pursing my dream and even said that my dream is a worthless dream. They said that my dream is not going to bring a lot of money or my dream is not going to make me a happy person or my dream is not going anywhere or what I am doing is not the best for me and they actually know what best for me :-(
Well, I called these people a dream killer. They don’t actually know what they are talking about or they are a failure because they may once had a dream before and on their first or second attempts failed and after that they never tried again. And the worst this is that they believe that if they failed in their first and second attempts, everybody else who has dreams will fail too. What make things worst are that they suddenly thought that they are the expert on dreams and they know what best for everybody else.
My advice to you is that just ignore what they said and even better try to spend time or associate with them less. Because if keeping spending your time with them, one day you may start to believe what they said, begin to think that your dream is a worthless dream and forget about it.
You see, the person who knows you best, the person who knows your capabilities and the person who knows what best for you beside Allah, is yourself. Some people who are very close to you like your parents may understand your capabilities by the only person who knows you best is yourself 
And if you believe that you can achieve your dream, you will be able to achieve it. Of course it would be best to have the people around you especially your love ones to believe in your dream too. It will help a lot and make things easier for you.
I am not saying that when you have a dream, you believe it and it would come easily to you. I am saying that if you believe in yourself and your love ones; people around you believe it too, things would be easier.
Because when you have a dream, a goal; there is no straight road to achieve it. There will always be roadblocks, challenges, detour, hurdles, many disappointments and failures before you can be successfully achieve your dream. This is where the believes and supports of your love ones are very important. These believes and supports can keep you moving and help you up when you fall.
However the believes and supports of your love ones would not be enough unless you believe in yourself and take actions to move towards your dream.
That’s why one of my favourite quotes is by Napoleon Hill “Whatever the mind conceive and believe, it can achieve.” 
I admit that sometimes your dream and what you believe in may not be the best for you but if you never try, take action to achieve it; you will never know whether it is the best for you or not. In the end if you never try, you will never know and keep wondering whether your dream is what best for you. Like Publilius Syrus said, “No one knows what he can do until he tries.”
So if someone comes to you and said that your dream is worthless and they know what best for you, assess their statement, weigh what they said, take the good advises and throw away the rest and move on because in the end it is your life, you are the one who knows what best for you.
Look at history for example Alexandra Graham Bell, Thomas Edison or even Albert Eistein; no one believed them and some may think that they were wasting their time. However because of their believe in their dreams, their persistence and determination and also the actions that they had taken, they changed the world.
So believe in your dreams, be what you want to be not what others what you to be; things that will give you energy to move forward and you will be a happy person until the end of your life.
Logan Pearsall Smith said, “There are two things to aim in life: first, to get what you want and after that to enjoy it.”
See you next time
Hi Khadijah. Me again. Don’t hate me please.
You see Khadijah you are what you are. Whatever or whoever says a remark or two you will never refrain from anticipating with words that kind of left an imprint there. I agree with what you have commented. But there are those who wants to support but afraid that you will fall. Maybe that person just care too much for you. Maybe just maybe he wants you not to be dissapointed of your action that’s why he did that. I don’t know and i hardly will know unless let him reveal what’s his true feelings.
I have a fren who resembles exactly like you. She’s tough with words. Smiling with eyes lurking around every corner looking for what is going around her.I did approach her and asked, sorry may i know what are you looking for?
Guess what’s her response MYOB. Oh goodness sake. That gives me a wake up call.I walked away feeling dejected but stop halfway and turn. Try and guess what did i say to her????
Till today whenever our path crosses we will recall the incident.
So i guess what remarks given should be treated as a good feedback. Never give up, dont look back. The mission is there where your vision have targeted it. Grab it tiger. As i always say to you. i will support you all the way.
Thanks again for your comments
You are right, treat every remarks as feedback. You can evaluate yourself whether it could be use or not. But normally something that is good for you is usually something not so good to hear
And normally it comes from someone who cares about you.
Take care and see you.