Didn't we have this very conversation a few weeks ago?
I personally enjoy confrontation and difference to a point. I would prefer being exposed to various viewpoints not my own verses being trapped in a box of my own thoughts and with "yes people" who only agree with me. Some people I listen to and associate with just to get a perspective. I have a tendency to be right frequently as well, and also like you, to come off as arrogant. I think these only come out of the fact that I'm open to all opinions, and when I'm wrong I admit it, but I learn from the people around me instead of brushing the decent aside. Even the most foolish person can make a brilliant observation some time.
Also, it's a very Zen thing to engage in the emotion and experience at the time. I may be broodish sometimes when I'm out though overall I'm much more of a positive person (or at least that's what I believe and should probably be accessible through most of my entries), because I am in "that moment" at that time. I'd rather be upset at the time than take it home with me and carry it around. That's just not healthy. I'd rather have an argument that promotes further understanding than fostering a grudge the inevitably loses its meaning and becomes childish in the end. There are a lot of people I know who don't get along, but when I ask why, they can't remember the reason.
I say conflict is good, and resolution is better, but overall, I enjoy the fact that there are people out there who put as much importance in communication as I do.
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I personally enjoy confrontation and difference to a point. I would prefer being exposed to various viewpoints not my own verses being trapped in a box of my own thoughts and with "yes people" who only agree with me. Some people I listen to and associate with just to get a perspective. I have a tendency to be right frequently as well, and also like you, to come off as arrogant. I think these only come out of the fact that I'm open to all opinions, and when I'm wrong I admit it, but I learn from the people around me instead of brushing the decent aside. Even the most foolish person can make a brilliant observation some time.
Also, it's a very Zen thing to engage in the emotion and experience at the time. I may be broodish sometimes when I'm out though overall I'm much more of a positive person (or at least that's what I believe and should probably be accessible through most of my entries), because I am in "that moment" at that time. I'd rather be upset at the time than take it home with me and carry it around. That's just not healthy. I'd rather have an argument that promotes further understanding than fostering a grudge the inevitably loses its meaning and becomes childish in the end. There are a lot of people I know who don't get along, but when I ask why, they can't remember the reason.
I say conflict is good, and resolution is better, but overall, I enjoy the fact that there are people out there who put as much importance in communication as I do.