Leanne: You can’t be everybody’s favorite person. No matter what you do, somebody won’t like you. Sometimes lots of people don’t like you. Sometimes people really don’t like you and try to vandalize your stuff or hurt you. Would you want to be a mugger’s “favorite person”?

I struggle with rejection at times too, but keep trying to remember something an acquaintance who was in sales told me: Some Will, Some Won’t, So What, Someone’s Waiting.

I also struggle with negativity (though, sometimes, things really do just s**k). Not many folks “light up” to see me. The last woman who did, I wound up apparently not having enough time for. That hurt at a level I have not felt before. I understand your pain. I’m more likely to be frowned at, yelled at, or threatened (what my collection of non-hunting firearms are for) than I am to be smiled at.

Really didn’t know how to react when somebody thought I was great, and boy did it cost me. Unfortunately, can’t go back and fix the matter. Don’t fall into the trap of negativity to the point where you may not recognize something positive.