Never judge someone's character based on the words of another. Instead, study the motives behind the words of the person casting the bad judgment.
Would you like to know your future? If your answer is yes, think again. Not knowing is the greatest life motivator. So enjoy, endure, survive each moment as it comes to you in its proper sequence -- a surprise.
Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.
It is not as much about who you used to be, as it is about who you choose to be.