What do you stand for

Should you be friends with such people?

Don't take that shit.

This is something that was bothering me. My friends had so wrong ideas and opinions about certain things in their heads which baffled me so much that I began to question myself for my choice of friends. Why would I choose a person like that to be friends with who has such a primitive thought process? I was pretty upset about it, I didn’t want such people in proximity to me.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

— Thomas Jefferson

And sometimes a difference of opinion is not a problem but when it comes down to disparity in the basic moral values, then it can for sure put a strain on a friendship. I mean I get it, it is not you but the people and the social environment around you that has made you the way you are, but after a certain age, you need to start growing your own brains and start thinking critically for the things you’re saying and taking a stand for. You just can’t put the blame to like ‘that’s how I am’.

I am all ears to have a conversation, to discuss where the two points of views come from. But for that my friend you need to have arguments and not baseless opinions. So lastly, after you have given up on this, you have a choice and you need to make that choice.

But now that I think back on it, it’s actually good to come across people with very radical thinking and questionable mindset [huh]! No, you can’t change their minds or rigid opinions; you will have a fair share of disagreements and heated arguments, but all in all, we’ll become more tolerant of each other and thus start accepting a pluralistic world thus being more inclusive in general.

We may agree to disagree just because a person is hardwired with the wrong ideas and information of how things are meant to be, that doesn’t mean that we should distance ourselves from them. There’s a lot more to a person than their views, and if I try to keep myself surrounded with like-minded people, I’ll always end up being right which can prove to be fatalistic in the long run. So, despite others having wrong or right mentality; it is important for the people around me to have a different thought process.

But sometimes it truly irks me, some people have narrowest of all minds but that’s okay, we need to try our best to put forth our point and then leave it to them! In fact, when such people are around you; it reaffirms your belief system making you more confident than ever.

But Never ever lose on your individuality because of the fear of losing out on some people, keep a strong head and take them head-on.

Never ever take the shit, it is not yours, just give it back to its rightful owners.

The type of company you keep defines you as a person and eventually, it does rub off a bit on you. So be brave and decide what you want.

Thank you for taking the time to read this and please put forth your thoughts in the responses, it is very important to have a reasonable conversation.