Resistance is Freeing
I suppose there are some people out there who thrive on being ornery, contrary, and divisive. I am not naturally one of them. I prefer harmony over discord, and being liked over being reviled. But, or perhaps because of that, I put a lot of intentionality into leaning in when I encounter resistance. In my line of work, in my diverse social circles, heck even around my own dinner table, people not agreeing with what I've said and using that as a springboard to not like me is fairly common. In some cases, I am cursed at even before I've opened my mouth, for whose side I am on or am assumed to be on. In other cases, a difference in opinion is cause for my being wholesale dismissed and shouted down. I'm proud to be someone who has principles, and who holds on to those principles strongly. But I'm also proud to be someone who keeps an open mind, which includes the possibility that I am wrong or at the very least that hearing out someone who has a different viewpoint has so
