Rising above it all

It's not so much what they think of me, but more the mere fact that their opinions have an effect on me. That's what's so annoying. It's my inability to rise above their immature jibes.

Selo yatā eka ghano
vātena na samirati

Dhammapada: Pandita Vagga [6]

That's what you said, no? Why is it so difficult to follow? Why must everything be so difficult?

Why can I not be weak, for once?

Sabbe sattā bhavantu sukhitattā!