My Library folder is existant, but invisible. Why, and how do i fix it?

I can't see the Library folder under /Users/[my_username] but it exists, and I can access it. I managed to get it to show up as a faded icon, but It goes away when I close the finder, and I can't make it reappear. Searching for it will not return any results, and the only way I was able to access it was through the "Go" menu, under "Go to folder..."
Can someone please tell me why my Mac is doing this, and how to fix it? Thanks!

It's because Apple put some essential files in there in 10.7+ and they don't think it's wise for it to be out in the open for people to make mistakes and place data in there by accident.
It's still accessible, just invisible and safer.
Afer all it does have a name called "Library" and people tend to use it as such unknown that Apple has placed essential files in there now which can't be deleted so that will only cause problems later with all those asking "how come I can't delete my Library folder" etc etc.

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