There's a flaw in your argument :-) If you were "stupid" you wouldn't be able to appreciate the argument; you wouldn't be able to understand the difference between how tough life is naturally and how much tougher it would be if you were stupid because you'd be too stupid! LOL

What someone else says is just what they see from their vantage point and is about them and their view. Another person cannot tell you much about your true self because they are not you. Besides which, no one can predict the future; your parents cannot have known what particular problems you would have. Besides, who guaranteed you would be a "success" and who is defining what that success is?

The going after what you truly want in life is all there is. That and becoming who you "are" through the experiences you have pursuing the tasks that you decide to take on are what make up our lives. You don't have to prove yourself to anyone; you "are". That's all there is. Thinking badly about yourself doesn't help but can hurt your efforts; but even that is just a weight on your feet, it's not your feet themselves! They're "normal" perfectly good feet for timeforsleep's use. No one can give or take that away.