Some people are addicted to approval. They cannot feel peace unless they believe everyone is pleased with them, and that is something that is next to impossible to accomplish. We just can't please all the people all the time. The only way to avoid criticism is to do nothing, say nothing and be nothing, and that doesn't sound very inviting to me. The need to be popular can make you neurotic and steal your destiny. The Apostle Paul said that if he had been trying to be popular with people, he would never have become an apostle of Jesus Christ (Galatians 1:10). Any time a person is a leader of other people, others will criticize him or her. As a leader, it is impossible for me to make one decision that will perfectly suit everyone, so I have to make my decisions based on what I believe God wants me to do, and not what people want me to do.