Have you ever WANDERED if you COULD CHANGE someone's PERSONAL OPINION OF YOU that YOU HAD KNOWN FOR YEARS?
If THEY DON'T RESPECT YOU by NOW then you have to EXPECT that THEY WILL NEVER RESPECT YOU no matter what you do at anytime.
You may THINK THAT YOU HAD EARNED IT yet in THEIR OPINION you SUDDENLY REALIZE YOU HADN'T EARNED ANYTHING AT ALL FROM THEM.
If you were HONEST and RESPECTFUL TO THEM then and IN THE END you REALIZED that THEY HAD NO RESPECT FOR YOU then..... ACCEPT that THEY WILL NEVER RESPECT YOU.
That DOESN'T MEAN that YOU DIDN'T EARN IT....It just means that YOU DID IT but.... IT WASN'T NOTICED BY THEM.
It's always NICE to BE ACKNOWLEDGED BY OTHERS but..... SOMETIMES YOU MAY BE THE ONLY ONE TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOURSELF for WHAT YOU HAVE DONE.
YOU KNOW that YOU CAN'T PLEASE EVERYONE but YOU DO KNOW what YOU DID and THAT IS ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW.
As long as YOU DID YOUR BEST then BE PROUD OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE.