I am not what you would call a people pleaser. I am the opposite. In many circumstances of my early years, I’ve been a people agitator. A people disappointer. When faced with an opportunity to either go along with whoever is in charge to keep the peace or express my point of contention, I have been inclined toward the latter for most of my life. What happens as you get older, however, is that you have to slog through so many mandatory arguments and difficult relationships that you stop choosing optional ones. You also learn tact and how to read a room and when a dissenting voice will add to
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