How my Cousin's Taunt made me successful

How my Cousin's Taunt made me successful Story time How my cousin's silly taunt made me successful. I grew up in a village and it was summer vacation and I had given my 11th standard exams and in the June holidays, me and all my cousins used to spend our time. Lunch, breakfast, dinner, we all used to have the same thing because we lived in the farms and all my uncles and aunts used to live in the farms. My cousins are same age as me. So one day what happened, we all were asking each other what are you going to do? What are you going to do? So someone was saying I want to become a doctor. Someone was saying I want to become an engineer. Someone was saying I want to go to Canada. Someone was saying I want to go to Australia. Then it was my turn. My cousin asked me, Manpreet, it's your turn. What do you want to become after 12th standard? And my answer, you know what it was? I want to be an air hostess. I want to fly. I want to travel. I was expressing my feelings. I was feeling so proud, so passionate while telling that my dream is to become an air hostess. The cousin who asked me that question, he said some words that still echo in my ears today. He said, "Look at yourself. You don't even look like you're fit to be a cleaner." And I felt so bad. I felt so embarrassed. I was like, what did I do wrong? Like, is it wrong to dream? And at that time, I didn't have any confidence. I didn't know how to speak. I didn't know how to fight. So I kept quiet. And I came back home. That day went by. And those words were chasing me. Day and night, day and night. My only mission was I want to be an air hostess. I want to be an air hostess. I want to be an air hostess. I didn't want to fight with my cousins. I didn't want to argue. I just wanted to prove her that you laughed at me. And I did it. I did it. And today, I want to thank her. I want to thank her because if she hadn't taunted me that day, and if all my cousins hadn't laughed at me, maybe that fire, that fire wouldn't have ignited in me. Maybe I wouldn't have that ego. I wouldn't have that drive to prove myself. So, thank you. Thank you to that cousin. I'm not an air hostess, but I made sure that I bought my own aircraft. I made sure that I bought my own aircraft. So, yes, you can have ego, but it should be for the right reasons. It should be for the right reasons. And when you have big dreams, dreams beyond your capacity, the world will laugh at you. They will mock you. They will call you crazy. And when gossip starts, when rumors start spreading about you, that's the sign that you are growing. You are growing. And you finally became successful. Bye-bye. My head started hurting. Bye-bye. (The transcript seems to have some repetition and slightly disjointed sentences towards the end, likely due to the nature of spoken language and transcription.)