Not everyone is going to like you
No matter how hard you try
It may be that guy you’ve been eyeing from afar
Or maybe it’s the girlfriend of your guy-best friend
The teacher who you long to please that
Shuts you down every time you speak up in class
The person who takes forever to text back
Or just never texts back at all
Because that girl gave you a dirty look this morning
Or that guy rolled his eyes when you looked away
Maybe that person that you’ve looked up to for years
Actually dreads every second that she spends with you
Those people who live next door
Who never invite you over
Or that guy you once loved
Who won’t give you a second look
Some people will like you
For no reason
Some people will hate you
For no reason
Who we choose to spend our time on
Depends on how much we love ourselves
Staying with the people who treat you poorly
Just tells them that it’s okay to do so
For the rest of your life
There will people who don’t like you
People who can’t stand you
And there will be nothing you can do to change that.
Nobody has to like you
That is not their job
Liking you is not anyone’s purpose in life
Except for yours.
Confidence is easy to show on the outside
But your outside doesn’t always reflect your inside
Confidence isn’t “They are going to like me.”
Confidence is “I will not flee if they don’t.”
Investing energy into making others like us or not,
there will still be people who can’t stand being around us.
We’d all be much better off
If we embraced those who will find reason to despise us.
Being disliked means that we stand for something
It means that we care about someone
It gives us a purpose
It gives us meaning in this world.
A tiger doesn’t lose sleep
Over the opinion of a simple sheep
Your value doesn’t decrease
Just because someone doesn’t see your worth.
The bad news is
You’re not going to fit in with everyone.
The good news is
That the great ones never do.
You’re a work of art
Not everyone will understand you
But the ones who do
Will never forget you.
From the moment we are born
Until the moment that we pass
We are stuck with ourselves
So we might as well embrace it
Respect yourself.
Be kind to yourself.
Like yourself.
Love yourself.
Love yourself first
Everything else will fall in place
You really have to love yourself
To get anything done in this world
Not everyone is going to like you
You are not designed for everyone to like you
You might be the sweetest orange in the world
And there will still be someone who doesn’t like oranges.
Not everyone is going to like you
And that is perfectly okay
