It's really grinding to always play out of both sides of your mind and always be thinking what will offend people. Or what won't. But I'm strong enough to deal with that. I own that I'm freakish in my way.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think it's a very firm part of human nature that if you surround yourself with like-minded people, you'll end up thinking more extreme versions of what you thought before.
My turn of mind is so given to taking things in the absurd point of view, that it breaks out in spite of me every now and then.
One of my biggest problems is that I'm always so influenced by what other people are thinking about me.
Sometimes, reading my own media, the negativity can upset me, but I just deal with things on a positive basis. I mean, I have up to 20,000 people singing my words back to me on a nightly basis - they share my hopes and fears, and they relate to my own life experiences. Life can be pretty isolating, but that connection is always amazing.
It is nice to be around people who think differently than you. They challenge your ideas and keep you from being complacent.
When you are full of pride on the inside, it makes you stiff, stubborn, and creates strife with others.
That's definitely something I've experienced my whole life - people thinking one thing and then discovering that I'm not, hopefully. So I relate to having to fight that and claim my own identity, when people are trying to throw different ones at me.
I have learned a lot about myself and come to deal with a lot of things that, at first, bothered me.
I can't control how people are going to react. I try not to worry about what I can't control.
I just refuse to worry or get upset or be fearful. It doesn't do one particle of good.