Your self-worth is determined by you. You don't have to depend on someone telling you who you are.
The poet is a man who looks at the world and sees it as it is, but also as it could be.
For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.