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I Don't Try to Be Loved by Everyone

Live long enough and enemies appear on their own — usually born of envy. So I keep, to the very end, the people who never envied in the first place and simply love people.

I don't try to be loved by everyone.

Honestly, I just lived my life,

and living, I found that enemies sometimes appear on their own.

Usually envy and jealousy are what turn a person into an enemy all by themselves.

So the people who never had envy in them to begin with — who simply like people — I look after to the very end.

They recognize my value, and I recognize theirs.

Recognizing another person's strengths.

Recognizing value.

Knowing what respect actually is.

This is not personality.

It is the result of relentless effort and self-reflection.

These people consider themselves good people — by their own judgment.

And in the end, everyone comes to consider them good people too.

People like this, I keep at my side. To the very end.

Originally published on Brunch · August 20, 2026
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