You have a right to be seen and heard as well as have they.

Your life may be charged with importance to mankind far more than theirs.

Anyhow for what it is, large or small, you are going to use it to the full, and you do not propose to be laughed out of it, sneered out of it, either by the endeavors of others or by your own fears of others.

Then, when you have once fully reasoned the thing out, do not hesitate to plunge into the fullest possible association with your fellows.

Brave them, defy them (in your own heart), resolutely face them, and my word and assurance for it, they will lose their terror, and you will lose your bashfulness with a speed that will astonish you.
Closely allied to bashfulness as a cause of many worries is hyper- or super-sensitiveness.