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I appreciate you challenging my initial post in this thread. Thanks for the reality check. Finding a balance is constant and inescapable anyway, is it not?

• mercer 8y ago
  Pff, don't get me started :). My approach has been, for about the past decade or two, to spend a lot of time, energy, and possibly happiness, on figuring out how to blend in and be inoffensive. I'm not entirely sure it was worth it, but at least I feel it's allowed me to be my 'authentic' self without being dismissed in many situations, so that's something. And there are even times when I feel validated, which I think is quite valuable. We're social creatures ultimately, most of us anyways. Considering my uncertainty about this approach, though, I shouldn't be lecturing others!
  • LukeB42 8y ago
    Best thing I did was read the book of Proverbs (KJV), FWIW.
    • reitanqild 8y ago
      I've enjoyed that as well, I used to read it when I eas younger. Now I've just read the ESV2 version of the last few chapters in parallell with my native language during the last few days. :-)
    • mercer 8y ago
      I've read the NIV version multiple times (as well as the equivalent in my language). thanks for the reminder to check it out again :).