Even when walking against the current

Even when you swim against the current, keep yourself well and ahead of others.
When the time is right, you can let go of your claims on things or people with a smile.
Never settle for less than what you deserve.
When friends gather to go somewhere or sit around chatting, don't go even if they call you a thousand times, if you don't feel like it.
Often it happens that the way others live or think doesn't appeal to you.
You can heal your own sorrows in your own way without depending on anyone else.
Even if you realize late that it's better for you not to stay in touch with someone, you can cut off all communication with them right then.
When someone asks you to do something you don't like, you can turn them down, because you've learned to say 'no' to people.
You have your own ways of being that harm no one, but many people don't like them.
The way you think doesn't match most people's thinking.
What someone who neither feeds you nor clothes you says doesn't affect you at all; so when they try to meddle in your life uninvited, you can easily ignore them.
You put your own well-being first, because if you don't take care of yourself, even if you take care of the whole world, you'll end up suffering.
When you feel like taking a break from running, you take it—you listen to your own heart.
Without caring a bit about what people say or think, you always want to be happy in your own way.
Whether someone values you or not, whether they speak well or ill of you, whether they praise or criticize you—none of this affects you, because you know that people pull others close or push them away according to their own needs.
When you don't understand something, you ask questions until it becomes completely clear.
In certain matters you have walls or boundaries within yourself that you cannot or will not cross.
You never accept anyone's words or behavior that might harm you if you accepted them.
Sometimes, overcome by emotion, you cry your heart out like a child.
When you don't feel like answering the phone at that moment, you don't pick it up even by mistake, because answering every call means allocating your precious time to others.
You can easily identify worthless people and completely stop giving them your time and attention.

There's nothing to feel sorry about regarding the above matters, nothing to apologize for to yourself or anyone else. The life is yours. If you become unhappy trying to please everyone, you'll be the one crying at the end of the day.