You Will Be Criticized

I receive 1 star reviews
on everything I publish.
Everything.

Some of those stories
have won awards.
Some of those stories
have made the best seller lists.
It doesn’t matter.
Someone hates every story.

Someone hates every post
I make on social media also.
I’ll post a picture of kittens playing
and I’ll receive at least one comment
from a person who hates kittens.

Receiving harsh criticism is
part of life now.

Seth Godin
shares

“If your goal is
to be universally liked
and respected
and understood,
then, it must mean
your goal is to not do
something that matters.”

Even if you do nothing,
you’ll upset someone.
You might as well upset them
by changing the world.