Validation
Let me ask you a question.”
“Hm?”
“I am a great artisan kan dear? I make beautiful things.”
“Yep. And?”
“Then if my beautiful things were not sold out, do I become a bad artisan?”
“Nope. Never.”
“I might be a bad business woman but not a bad artisan kan? :) Same goes to you.”
“I see..”
“You're a good devil's advocate, you just need to play harder :)”
”':)”
Sometimes we just need a validation to know that we are doing good and we are worthy. And most of the times, we put those validation on someone else's standard bar, which doesn't even make us happy.
In the end, their reality is never ours and our happiness is never a concern of them. You are good and you are worthy.