I think I have always stood up for my convictions. I can't think of a time in my adult life when I backed away from what I strongly believed to be right. Because of that, I have made life hard for myself on many occasions.
I have often wondered what it would be like to just be a follower, and go through life blissfully unaware of what is truly happening.
As much as I try to be open minded, and see things from another perspective, I can't help but wonder how people, who seem to come from similar situations and backgrounds, can be so polarized.
Doing the correct and the best thing when taking on a "project" of any size can be a daunting task, but pair that with having to work with or around people who don't or can't see the same vision, always makes me wonder how the two visions can be so very different and why there is no middle ground.
I used to be a big volunteer person. I loved the thought of doing something good for a cause. Unfortunately, there always seemed to be someone who was power hungry, and who was at the opposite end of the goal-objective-scale than I was. Because I'm not good at backing down on my beliefs, tension would insue, and the whole point of what we were trying to do was lost in the disagreement. I have stopped volunteering, and my mental health thanks me!
The reason this is all fresh in my mind is because I have been thinking a lot about how we are often at the mercy of other people's actions and beliefs, and how it can turn our own life into a miserable mess. Could I go through life ignorantly and happily, just being a follower, without a care in the world - - Nope!
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