Not Everyone Will Like You

And That’s a Good Thing

How many followers do you have on Medium?

Right now, at the moment I’m writing this, I have 460 followers.

Four…….
 Six……..
 Zero……

460 people from different parts of the world who decided they like what I write.

And honestly?

Those are the only people I really care about when it comes to my work.

Not everyone on the internet.
Not the entire world.

Just the people who resonate with it.

And that’s actually a very good thing.

Because the truth is simple.

You don’t need everyone to like you.

You don’t need approval from every stranger scrolling past your life.

The only people whose opinions truly matter are the ones who stand close to you.

Your family.
Your friends.
The people who believe in you.
The people who support you when nobody else is watching.

Those are the people who matter.

Everyone else?

They’re just passing by.

And here’s something important to remember.

No matter how good you are…

No matter how talented you are…

No matter how excellent your work is…

There will always be someone, somewhere in the world, who simply doesn’t like you.

They don’t accept you.

They don’t understand you.

And sometimes they don’t even have a reason.

That’s just how people are.

Think about it.

“Even gods are not accepted by everyone.”

Different people believe in different gods.

Some people believe in none at all.

So if even gods cannot be accepted by everyone…

Why do we expect the entire world to accept us?

Most people spend too much time worrying about what “people” will think.

But who are these people?

Most of them are strangers.

And the truth is, they’re busy dealing with their own lives.

Their own problems.

Their own fears.

They’re not thinking about you nearly as much as you think they are.

Your success will not mean much to most people.

Your failures will not matter to them either.

Because everyone is fighting their own battles.

Everyone is trying to figure their own life out.

And that’s okay.

So if there’s something you’ve been avoiding for a long time…

Something you want to do but keep postponing because you’re afraid of what people might think…

Let me remind you of something.

Time is running.

Right now.

While you’re reading this.

Tick.
 Tick.
 Tick.

Life is moving forward whether you act or not.

So ask yourself one honest question:

Is there something you’ve been avoiding for too long?

If there is…

Go do it.

Take the step.

Try.

Fail if you have to.

But don’t waste another day worrying about people who were never paying attention in the first place.