For No Good Reason

Here is the gist of a recent conversation I had with a young person:

Sometimes, a person or persons will dislike you "for no good reason." You have not done anything to them, to the best of your knowledge. At least, they have not said to you that you did anything to offend them, and they won't discuss this with you. The person may be someone with whom you do not even have that much interaction. They may be jealous, they may be siding with someone else who has a problem with you, they may believe a lie someone has told them about you or something you did.
Because of these no good reasons, they may influence others to ICE you out. That means no one in their group will interact with you. They may look at, around, and through you, but not interact with you.
Here's how you turn this into a victory: do not retaliate. Ignore and do not feed into the negative behavior. Pray for them, and for the grace to move faithfully through the situation. Keep your joy. Let God handle it.

Sadly, the negative behavior is not limited to children and teenagers. Sometimes adults who are old enough to know and to do better behave in negative social ways.
The same Christian advice applies. It works!
Take care,
Sylvia