Love the honesty. Thanks for tagging me. Read this twice and picked up a few lines I wish to comment on. Also, as we are being brutally honest, I would like to shoot it straight:

I’ve given so much and so little of it has been received.

Give without expecting then. That's the trick. Most will disappoint you. Drop validation. Embrace hardcore thick heart.

I’m ok if it doesn’t work but I gotta meet the world where it’s at without hiding that I see some stuff it doesn’t.

You design your own world. You can treat this world as your playground. Or a sinking ship with you trying to survive.

Million dollar deals are happening right now in Silicon Valley. At the same time, someone else is crying in the corner of the room.

Same world. Different stories.

I might compromise my values a little bit

Luckily, this world is a playground with unwritten rules.

I am simply using others response as a gauge for how I am doing.

Validation from others will halt your own growth. Walk like no one can understand you. Like no one is watching you. Like no one actually cares about you.

If anything I have learned in life, we get to design our stories. Hope and wish you are enjoying designing yours. Cheers!