There was a time where I felt similar to you. When I first started posting about my practice on FB, my brother in law called my wife and said “did you know Nate is posting all sorts of Buddhist stuff?” No shit McFly, she told him, he practices Buddhism. I don’t know why this practice is frowned upon so much, I’m sure it has to do with the fact people don’t want to take the time to understand it, so it’ll always be foreign to them.

That’s when the metal-head in me comes out and I raise and fist in the air and don’t give an eff what people think, this is my path that I’ve chosen, for myself AND for all others!