Here are some excerpts from an article I found interesting regarding differing opinions. . .
“We all have our own set of rules that we wish to play by. The smartest of us realize this earlier on and instead of continuing to try and force our reality on the rest of humanity, we learn to adapt. We learn to take our reality and manipulate it so it can function efficiently within the rules already outlined by both the universe and the human race.
Life doesn’t need to be the struggle we make it out to be. Of course, we sometimes find ourselves in situations where the only way to interpret them is as struggles.
I can write about how life would be so much more pleasant if we would all just get along. Utopia is a beautiful place, one that fairytales are made of. Unfortunately, that’s the only place a utopia will ever exist — in a fantasy.
You can’t have perfection when the individuals, the parts and the pieces are flawed. And human beings will forever be flawed; it’s part of our nature. The people of the world will always be at war with each other in one way or another. You can hope to change the world, but this is one thing you’ll never change.
You’ll meet people who won’t like you, who will hate you, who will try to hurt you. Whether or not they hurt you, however, is entirely up to you. When you really think about it, there’s no reason to feel hurt by others. Why? Because your life decisions should not be controlled by what others think.
You can respect a person and at the same time not care about all the negative words he or she throws your way.
You don’t want to ignore other people, even when they are hateful toward you. It’s always best to listen, to hear their perspective. Whether or not you believe their words have any truth to them is a different story.
This way you get to understand their realities, the way they see the world, the way they see you. It can give you great insight as to how they interpret things and what they value.
Gather all this information and you’ll begin to understand the rules everyone else is trying to play by. Then, instead of playing by their rules, you tweak yours in order to work most seamlessly and efficiently between their realities.
Living a happy life is the result of a delicate combination of going with the flow and swimming against the current. You can’t just do one or the other because you won’t survive; you’ll either get washed away with the rest of the floaters, or you’ll tire out and drown.
Keep this one thing in mind because it could literally change your life: Remember. The best way to win in life is by living the life of YOUR dreams.”
