It is a funny world in which you live in which you find yourself
worried what others will think.  “Will
they think I am too proud?  Will they
think I am too silly?  Will they think …?”  And what does it matter?  What do you think?  In the end, what you think determines your
happiness as well as your upset.  What
are your motives in doing what you do, in saying what you say?  From where do they come?  From the head or from the heart?  If they come from the heart, then others may
sling arrows or garlands and it will matter not.  So, go ahead. 
Do as you feel best in your heart, and peace will prevail.  It is the Law.