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Nobody Is Liked By Everyone

It’s just not possible—and honestly, it’s not the point.



Somewhere along the way, we started believing that being liked by everyone was the goal.

That if we made the right moves, said the right things, created the right image, we could dodge criticism and guarantee acceptance. But here’s the truth:


Even the best humans in history weren’t universally liked.

Not even Mother Teresa. Not even close.


So if you’re going to be disliked anyway—and you will be—

make sure it’s for the right reasons.


Make sure it’s for being unapologetically, authentically you.


Don’t spend your life trying to be loved for someone you’re not.

That kind of love is hollow.

That kind of love is exhausting.


It’s so easy to shift your focus, to obsess over being accepted by everybody.

But that mindset needs to be flushed.


Completely.


The better way is simple:

Be yourself and let the right people find you.


I would rather live an authentic life and have a few real people at my side than be surrounded by fake friends, secret competition, and surface-level validation.


The more life teaches me, the less I care about being liked.

The more lessons I learn, the less I care about being perfect.


And it’s not just something I say to sound brave — I mean it.


I was the girl who once believed that if everyone didn’t love what I created,

then it wasn’t good enough. I wasn't good enough.


For a long time, even just one person's disapproval was all it took to make me doubt everything.

But experience is a ruthless teacher. And over time, it’s taught me something important:


An authentic path has never been the most traveled.

But it’s still the one worth walking.


This is your life to live.

Not their's.


So why would you let someone else’s opinion dictate the direction of your journey?


Think about it:

Do you lose sleep over someone else's job title?

Do you actually care what kind of car they drive?


No ...

Because, the reality is their choices affect them, not you.

So why do we let other people's opinions carry so much weight?


What should matter and what people should be judged by is:

Integrity.

Compassion.

The ability to show up authentically as themselves.

And leave the mask at the door.


The lesson here:

Care about who you are.

Care about what you stand for.


And honestly? If that's not what someone is judging you by ...

Then they are not your people.


And their opinion ...

It doesn't deserve your energy.


Your life is yours.

Your mindset shapes you.

Your health, your future, your peace of mind-

they all belong to you.


See the common thread?


It’s a powerful thing to stop asking for permission to be yourself.

It’s a peaceful thing too.


If people are going to dislike you, let it happen.


But let them dislike the real version of you—not some watered-down,

approval-chasing version you created to survive.


And if people are going to love you, let it be for the real reasons—

the good, the messy, and everything in between.


The ones meant to walk beside you on your path will find you.

The rest were never meant to stay.


And that’s not a tragedy.

That’s life.

That’s authenticity.

That’s freedom.


The best freedom?

It's not financial.

It's the kind that comes when you stop performing for other people's applause..


You don't shift your direction just because someone else doesn't get it.

You don't shrink just to make someone else comfortable.


You stay the course.

You stay true.

You stay unapologetically you.


Because nobody is liked by everyone.

And that’s exactly the way it should be.




"If you're going to be disliked anyway, make sure it's for the right reasons.'
"If you're going to be disliked anyway, make sure it's for the right reasons.'


 
 
 

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