Life is a little too unpredictable to feel shame for not achieving the level of success you wanted when you wanted it. Everyone is going to have setbacks, and who can say for sure even that they will see the light of another day? None of this was guaranteed. Nothing in life is and it's way too short to make ourselves miserable for not living up to some idea of success in a life we never had that much control over to begin with. Like a seed, wait it out when the floods take everything from you, and when next you find fertile ground, plant and nourish anew. There is nothing else to do. If times are good or if times are ill, "this too shall pass." Stay true to what you want for yourself. Fight when you can fight, and wait when you must wait. The ideas your family has about it are limited and short-sighted. They didn't see you had a bigger plan, and they took out their money and belief in you too quickly, too afraid and risk-adverse themselves. But you are in it for the long-haul regardless. You cannot take your money out. So make the most of it anyway! Believe in and support yourself even with others stop believing.
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