Pointless Conflicts

Visualize this...

You're arguing with a person after a certain issue. You're defending yourself, you're presenting him your side of the story, but he wouldn't listen since he thinks he's always right...

Would you explain further until he believes you? If so, then why? Why waste precious time on someone who obviously doesn't respect your opinion?

Personally, I've been in these situations... I'm young, so you can assume that it's not something so big. By nature, I always want people to understand my part, respect my part, and it doesn't matter if I have to force it or not; they should listen to me, because people are free to speak their minds. Wanting them to listen is fine, yes... But forcing them to believe is probably asking too much from the situation.

Nonetheless, it was what I always wanted... I'm good at looking at anyone's point of view and understanding them, but I was asking too much for wanting people to do the same for me. I've come to realize how pointless and time consuming it was to prolong such issue just to convince people that I'm right on some parts too. Thus, I've learned that the best way to walk away is to, of course, listen first then say anything you have to say and then just forget about what happened. It matters not how they will react, you've spoken... It matters not how many believes, you're done. 

MOVE ON. There's more to life we can enjoy rather than prolonging our agony in these pointless situations. So what if you were wrong? At least you got yourself a new lesson learned. At least, even though most people took the opposing side, you have expressed your side of the story... For all you know, maybe many of them will come to appreciate your side someday, once they give it further thoughts.

Sure, people might judge you, but everyone judges everyone, both consciously and subconsciously... Don't let it bother your pace. Life is too short for such worries; Life is too short for pointless conflicts, time flies fast and any moment you spare for useless things that would gain you nothing but bragging rights is moment wasted which could've been spared for much more important and life-changing encounters.

Likewise, Life goes on, so go on, caring less of what others think... as long as you're not not hurting anyone, then just keep on going. So what if they judge you? Don't mind them... By showing that you're not bothered, who knows... maybe they'll get tired of trying to drag you down. So stay positive and resist pointless conflicts. :)

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Quite a short and quickly done post about a general topic. I haven't written an essay for years and haven't been thinking about matters deeply for a while, so I'm a little rusty at it again, sorry. But likewise, the eyes of a sparrow are small. If focused on one part alone, other details remains unnoticed. You're free to tell me what I missed, I'll humbly accept or consider them, if done constructively.

Thank you for reading. :)