Subject: RE: ---But is it a GOOD dilemma? I likey a good dilemma. I'm wary of someone who agrees with me ALL the time. I'm not always right and I'm sometimes right for the wrong reasons and sometimes I'm wrong and comfortable with being wrong. I'm way too idiosyncratic and unique for someone to be on my wavelength ALL the time. (We all are, aren't we?) I'm a juicy paradox. At the heart of it, though, is that I like to learn from others and you don't get to learn much when someone is always telling you "Yeah, you're right." I am a life-long Learner. To learn is to keep living; to stop learning is to choose a quiet death. Bleh! It means alot to me that someone like Bettylou can say "I disagree with you 95% of the time but we can still get along." It speaks to the integrity of her opinion and character. One of my favorite Mark Twain quotes: Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul. I don't want the kind of loyalty that serves my vanity; I want the kind that says "We're friends even and especially when we disagree... Now let me tell you why you're wrong..." Hope this muddled your dilemma even more. |