Once there was a songbird. Someone approached her mid-song and told her, "Your singing is horrible, you are ugly and little, offering nothing to the world. No one likes you, so stop now or else!"
The bird glared at this presumptuous prattler and retorted, "I don't care how you feel. I'm a songbird. I sing. It's what I do." And kept on singing.
Later, another approached her mid-song and told her, "Your singing is beautiful, you are gorgeous and larger-than-life, a gift to us all. Eberryone loves you, please keep going, for all our sakes!"
The bird looked down upon this interruption and stated, "I don't care how you feel. I'm a songbird. I sing. It's what I do." And continued to sing.