Sticking to Your Guns

I find I try to accommodate people as much as I can. I can be a pretty easy going person when it comes to things. But I'm finding more recently, maybe this is not a very good way of being.

It can really come across as being indifferent or even worse, a lack of principle. I suppose part of it comes from the fact that there is such a negative connotation to disagreeing. You know what, that's total bullshit. Why is it a negative about having a differing opinion over something than somebody else? Sure, we always say everybody is entitled to their opinions, yet it's something we all get fired up over.

Going with the flow can be great. But not all the time.

In the end, it's better for people to know how you really feel, than to just go along with stuff. Because your opinion is part of who you are, no matter how small. If you disagree with someone, then that's fine. If they don't want to know you anymore because of it, depending on what you're disagreeing over, it can be outright petty. And why agree to something just to get onto somebody's good side? Even if it's something small, it's like you're giving in your principles to appease somebody else. If it's really that small, then it should be no big deal (you would think). And if somebody takes offence to it, then wow, overblown.

There's this saying that the truth will set you free. Before I really only understood it from the level of it would free you of guilt from the lie. But now I see it in a whole new light. Stick to your guns, because at the end of the day, they'll be your greatest defender as well as your biggest advocate.