So many of us live for the cause of making other people happy, and to make sure that other people speak well of us and that they should think nice things about me. And yes, it feels good when someone praise you for your actions or maybe for what you cook or make. But... it is much more important to be a person of character and integrity, than to get praise from everyone. In fact, if you try to please everyone, you are actually their slave, because they can send you in any direction they want to.
Source: Bing Designer
But, if you find out who you are, and then you decide to live like that... then it might not please them, but you will be consistent and live with integrity, and that will for sure take you much further than living as a people-pleaser.
So, my prayer today is that God will make me a person that is pleasing him and living for him... and then whatever comes along comes along, but I will not seek the praise of people first, instead I will seek the praise of God, and then people can say and think whatever they want!