I like you, dear Terry (peace to you!). You do make folks think... and I LOVE to think. As for whether folks like ME, though... I would have to mimic almost everyone else here: if they're a decent, honest, straightup person (without no underhanded agenda), they not only tend to like me, but love me. If, however, they're full of it... they usually don't like me from day one - LOLOLOL! Those kind usually say something like, "There's something about you," or "I can't figure you out," or "You're hard to get to know" (that one came from a supervisor who I had a great rapport with, would do anything she instructed me to, until one day she asked me to forge a client's signature. Seriously?? Apparently, she thought that because I had said "yes" to everything up to that point (for say, 2 years), I would say yes, again. When I didn't and told her never to ask me anything like that again... well, "things" changed, of course. She literally became an enemy. I never ratted her out though but did avoid her. She became surly, though, and that's usually how it goes).
I've never been concerned much with whether folks liked me or not, though - I can only be me and I do try to take stock frequently, as well as try to be kind and speak kindly. The main problem I've had is that I'm a bit of a loner and so some folks tend to feel "neglected" by me (I hate that they do, but I do the best I can toward them).
As for others, I just remember what my Lord is recorded to have said:
"Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for that is how their fathers treated the false prophets." Luke 6:26
Since people didn't generally like him, either, and given what folks have posted here, I feel that I'm pretty good company.
Again, peace to you!
A slave of Christ (although, I KNOW some folks hate when I state THAT - LOLOLOL!),
SA, who isn't necessarily "popular"...
