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I think that because I'm so joyful and have a good time, the miserable people around me want to drag me down to their level.
You are absolutely right, I am not perfect, so I have my part in this whole situation. I just think it's time they learn how to forgive. The hold onto grudges for years and years.
I bet they don't even realize that what they are doing is wrong on so many levels
They wanna see you fail, I worked with one woman who said she takes joy in other people's suffering.
I know that that can happen. But as to the basic question you asked, if you have tried for some time to be kind and friendly towards some group and gotten nothing back in return, you need to disengage from that group, whether or not you have some other prospects.
Then she is either a wolf in sheep's clothing or very immature in Christ.
I don’t want to be putting a damper on things. Colossians 1:24 tells us we are filling up in our bodies the afflictions lacking in Christ’s Body. The Lord told us what they did to Him they would do to His followers. Pick up your cross and follow me. If they strike you on one cheek turn the other cheek. The Lord did not say we might go through the wilderness the Lord said we will go through the wilderness. Hebrews 12 that follws Hebrews 11 the great faith chapter teaches that if we allow the Lord to use the hardships and trials He will bring a harvest of righteousness. Scripture also says warn a divisive person once and if they continue have nothing to do with them. But whichever way we go we must do so without I’ll-feelings towards our persecutors. To pray for their good. It is not easy and He says for us not to weary in doing good. Try and get a few people so you can be a cord of three for support in this and all aspects of your life and you in their lives. Try to recall Joseph’s words to his brother, ‘you meant it for evil but God meant it for good.’
I just want to say, Albion, despite my disagreeing with you in other matters, you truly have the fruit of the Spirit and demonstrate Christian maturity in every post I have read you write. God bless you, brother.
Choose your friends wisely. If they are unkind to you, they are not your friends. You can still be polite when you see them, but why waste your energy in this way, beyond that?
It is, and anybody who has lived a life of doing good for others might tell you that the world is purely mad. Except that they don't because they themselves are also mad; mad enough to just keep on Loving through the pain and the abuse, either that or they really truly cling to He who Loved them to the point of death on a Roman cross.Hahaaa! It's pure madness to punish someone for doing good deeds.
Loving and still praying for them. .. maybe this helps.. song playing "Even so Come" Jesus is coming soon 
Depends on our motivation. If we are serving Christ then we continue to Love and share in His sufferings, not because we are mad or because it doesn't hurt, or because He might save us from it. But because He first Loved us and we Love Him because of it.
I was in your shoes in the past. Please just love yourself and be your best friend. Buy what makes you happy put u first. You see, you will only see it ur when ur like me diagnosed with schizophrenia that you had all the time in the world to get back to you so do it now! Even just make sure you make time to think about your own self and improvement.
