As singers and musicians, we tend to be like the dog at the end if its teather, obsessed with whatever is currently just beyond our reach, generally without thinking much about how far we've managed to stretch the leash--

"talented" or not, you do a lot of work, and you feel like you're not getting anywhere, no matter how much time you put in, there are going to be a lot of people who don't care for what you do(I said, in another thread, that even the Three Tenors, when they perform, know that most of the audience likes the other two better) but there will always be those moments when you say, "I don't know what anybody else thinks, but I think that I did something a little bit special there"

Besides, the longer you are around, the more people you will encounter who are worse than you!!!