I am the type of person who always tries to accept and understand linguistic innovations, even if I find them irritating. Fifty years from now I do not expect to be around, but a linguistic innovation might very well have firmly established itself as a change or viable alternative by then.
My working hypothesis concerning like is that, far from exemplifying linguistic sloth, it might be the beginning of a significant typological change.
People will be mean to you. Loved ones will betray you. You will not get closure on ended relationships.
You will lose friends too soon. People who don’t deserve to get sick will get sick and leave you. People deserving of punishment will enjoy a life they didn’t earn.
Strangers will be nasty to you and you will never see them again. Very bad things will happen to some of you.
Life can be a burden.
It isn’t for wimps, the soft, or the faint of heart. It’s a raw game that dishes out raw deals on a daily basis.
But if you can accept the burdens willingly, if you can choose to learn from them, not to become bitter, to move forward, you will grow and find purpose.
If you can be strengthened by the series of storms that come your way, you will find that you have a life that is well worth living.
You will find there is an abundance of happiness right there waiting for you if you choose to accept it.