I will never be the person who is benignly agreeable and well-liked by everyone.

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I care too much. I get too political. I don’t hold my tongue.

Sometimes it would be nice to be that person.

Why should you change how you think and feel to accommodate anyone else? It’s those very qualities and aspects of your character that someone will genuinely appreciate. I wouldn’t want my future mate/wife to be void of opinions and the impulse to voice them. Even if/when I disagreed with her, I would appreciate that this woman has an independent mind and that she challenges mine or any others’ ideas. Life’s too short to compromise who you are to essentially keep the peace with someone else.