>>109826>>109828I heard of a songbird, singing as she has always sung.
Someone ran up and told her off, "Your singing is horrible and repulsive, you are small and disgusting, offering nothing to the world. No one likes you, we all wish you'd shut up and go away, so stop now or else!"
The bird looked down upon this rude interruption with cold regard and calmly stated, "I don't care what you think about me, nor how you feel about my music. I'm a songbird. I sing. It's what I do." And returned to her song.
Later, another approached to let her know, "Your singing is beautiful, you are gorgeous and larger-than-life, a gift to us all. Everyone loves you and will miss you when you're gone. Please keep going, please never stop, for all our sakes!"
The bird stared at this presumptuous prattler with dispassionate eyes and coolly retorted, "I don't care what you think about me, nor how you feel about my music. I'm a songbird. I sing. It's what I do." And returned to her song.