That's their right. To be wrong.

I don’t have to be loved or liked. By many. It’s sufficient to be respected. By a few close friends.  I’m not out to win a popularity contest. If people perceive me in negative ways, so be it. I won’t lose sleep over being disliked or misconstrued. It’s more important that I like myself. That may sound egotistical. But it isn’t. I know me. And that’s just fine. I’m proud and happy. To be a romantic idealist, a spiritual free-thinker, a political liberal, a lover and a dreamer. If others don’t see  me that way, that’s their right. To be wrong.  --Jim Broede