You can't please everyone.

I think the thing that has stuck with me the most throughout my life is the advice my dad gave me when drama started penetrating my life. I was used to the elementary school life and being friends with everyone around me. When I got older, though, I began to see that there were people who just didn't like me no matter what I did or who I was with. It used to boggle my mind that things weren't the way they used to be, and I'd come home sad that it wasn't the same way it used to be. Finally, my father just told me that not everyone is going to want to be friends, some people will  hate you for no reason, and you just can't please everyone. And that's just the way life is. It took me a long time to adapt to this thinking, and for a long while afterwards, it would still bother me that people would hate me or dislike me, especially if I thought it was for no reason. But after a good deal of time, I realized that you just can't change people. You can only control yourself, and if you allow them to pull you down every day because they don't like you, then you're going to be very sad for a very long time. Things get better and life goes on, and in the long run, you're not going to remember their name when you've grown up and gotten a life of your own. You can't please everyone, and you can't waste your life trying. You've just got to do what makes you happy.