You get what you give.
The principle of "reciprocity" simply says that you "get what you give." The manner, style, and level you use to engage people will determine how they respond to you. You may complain about how people react to you, but believe me, you create it, just as everyone else creates the reactions they get from the world.

Honestly evaluate your style of engagement, and you will begin to understand why the world responds to you as it does. How do you interact with others?

Which are you?

Porcupine -- These people seem to be a chip on their shoulder, expecting to be offended; determined to find fault with anything and everything. They're prickly.

Paws up -- Like a whipped puppy lying down and flopping over with his paws in the air. "It's my fault. I'm sorry." These people invite the world to whale on them.

Queen of the Forest -- This is the person who communicates to those around her that they are unwashed peasants who are fortunate to be in the presence of a truly big deal. They are legends in their mind.

Poser -- Might as well be mannequins in a department store window. They act in the most superficial manner imaginable. Their goal is to look better than you and make sure that you know it.

People-Eater -- They have one simple goal: to control everyone and everything.

Drama Queen -- For these people, none of life's events, even the ordinary ones, are ordinary. They exaggerate everything.

Victim -- These people are accountable for nothing. Everything is done TO them, not by them or with them or for them.

Einstein Analyzer -- These know-it-alls epitomize the observation that "analysis is paralysis," dissecting each situation to the point of complete tedium.

Conspirator Gossip -- They are always looking over their shoulders and whispering to you some gripping "truth" that they alone know and will share with only you.

Yeah, But -- These may be the most frustrating….whatever you say, no matter what solution you offer, no matter what you have to contribute, their response is always, "Yeah, but," followed by a myriad of reasons why your contributions cannot work.

Scarlett O'Hara -- Faced with difficulties, these people choose not to address them.

There are more that you can tell by their names: The Mask, Jekyll-and-Hyde, Goody Two Shoes, Perfecto, Chicken Little, Whiners, and Guilt mongers.

Take the wheel.

Once you embrace Life Law #2, you create your own experience, you stop being a victim. Begin to consciously, purposefully, and actively create experiences that you do want, instead of suffering through experiences that you don't want.

You cannot not choose. Even not choosing is a choice. Each and every day, with every behavior and thought, you are going to make choices that will create your minute-to-minute experience.

Bottom line: You are accountable for the life you have, and how you feel and react to it. Assume the attitude of a "willing spirit." Be willing to experiment and accept new things. Lean forward. Climb up out of that rut and look around.