Who you are?

Once upon a time, there lived six blind men in a village. One day the villagers told them, "Hey, there is an elephant in the village today."

They had no idea what an elephant was. They decided, "Even though we would not be able to see it, let us go and feel it anyway." All of them went where the elephant was. Every one of them touched the elephant.

"Hey, the elephant is a pillar," said the first man who touched its leg.

"Oh, no! it is like a rope," said the second man who touched the tail.

"Oh, no! it is like a thick branch of a tree," said the third man who touched the trunk?of the elephant.

"It is like a big hand fan" said the fourth man who touched the ear of the elephant.

"It is like a huge wall," said the fifth man who touched the belly of the elephant.

"It is hard and smooth like a spear," Said the sixth man who touched the tusk of the elephant.

A wise man was passing by and he saw this. He stopped and asked them, "What is the matter?" They said, "We cannot agree to what the elephant is like." Each one of them told what he thought the elephant was like. The wise man calmly explained to them, "All of you are right. The reason every one of you is telling it differently because each one of you touched the different part of the elephant. So, actually the elephant has all those features what you all said."

"Oh!" everyone said. There was no more fight. They felt happy that they were all right.

Fact is making a conscious effort to not care about what other people think can be tough, but with practice it can become second nature. Once you master this skill, your outlook on life changes drastically. You no longer have to live up to the standards that others set for you. It is their mistake if they think you should be something that you are not. Whenever you find yourself in the majority, take a step back and really think about it - most of the time people don't even care what you do.

Reference: The Elephant in the Dark (book)