No matter how much you love others and how good and kind and well-meaning a person you are, you may find that some people do not like you. This is puzzling because you may have done nothing to deserve their dislike. You may, in fact, go out of your way to show them how nice you are. Interestingly enough, the more you try, the less likely you'll succeed. Your very attempt will perpetuate rejection and a vicious circle will ensue. There is no exit from that interplay, though the person whose favor you're trying to gain may give infrequent and irregular crumbs of approval to maintain the relationship. The truth is, total hopelessness in such a relationship is mercifully less torturing.

Accept (or reject) others on the basis of their spirituality, ethics, and morality. Those who are spiritual will extend their love to you the same way that you do to them, without expectation of reciprocation. They love and they are loving people, period.