People Don’t Have to Like Me and Why I Am Okay With Thatfeatured

I spent most of my youth being awkward. I was always too tall, too Hispanic, or too reserved. This made me an introvert of sorts. One with the dream of becoming a bubbly extrovert one day.

Flash forward to today:

I embrace my background and my introverted tendencies. I welcome moments alone as well as moments filled with friends. I accept and love myself for who I am.

Does everyone feel the same way about me as I do? No.

Should I expect them to? Absolutely not.

I give as much love to others as I possibly can on a daily basis. The results are insurmountable.

Beautiful moments come my way every single day. People are receptive to kindness. Of course, I have my ugly moments, but I try to consciously vibrate more positivity than negativity as often as possible.

Love surely surrounds me today more than ever. Mostly because I have opened my heart to all.

One thing I have learned is that no matter how much love I put into the world, I mustn’t expect everyone to feel the same about me.

Some people don’t like me and just never will. It could be for many reasons. It is definitely not my job to find out.

One thing I do know for certain is that although people don’t have to like me as a person, they do have to respect me.

It’s not easy to command respect especially among those that dislike you.

One thing I do know in my 29 years is the fact that small acts of kindness are difficult to ignore and even more difficult to disrespect.

Doing the right thing even if those around you do not will manifest great levels of respect in your life. Maybe not from not every single individual in the world, but from a large bulk of them. The bulk that matters.

I am okay knowing not everyone will like me in life. That is just human nature.

Integrity, love, and kindness will always conquer all through my eyes. And as long as I stand by my convictions, the rest will fall away.

Hate and disrespect are not welcomed in my world. If anyone would like to send any of that my way they can be sure they will receive lots of love and kindness back.

There’s no reason to get on the same level as your haters. Because if you were on the same level to begin with, there would be no conflict in the first place.

Love Deeply and Forever,

Karen