I was walking home yesterday, drumming a beat with my hands on my chest (a habit I picked up from my band's drummer). A cyclist who was passing by in the other direction saw this and felt a need to make fun of me by immitating my behavior and drawing his "you're a retard"-face. Without missing a beat, I made my "screw you gesture" and moved on. Afterwards, I only felt pity for the guy, because he apparently needed to mock me to feel good about himself. Poor thing!
Guess I don't need anyone's approval anymore... I'm fine with being me.
Plus, all my friends approve of me too - even when I'm doing silly things like drumming on my chest :P
Thing is, no matter what you do there will always be people who approve of you and people who don't. So, if you just behave and act in a way that leads to self-approval, then at least you'll see approval from the kinds of people YOU like to be around!
Jim.