Found an old rant i never posted:
We all know this situation, like when you meet someone new, you validate everything he/she says. Yet you don't want to sound judgmental, so you have to keep an open mind. That's what have been working for me so far.
You can only be open minded to a certain extent. Even though you don't want to be judgemental, and don't want to be too rude. The reason is, that you don't want to lose yourself as a person. You can't love everything someone else like, and not everything someone else does is excellent. Of course, this can happen if you don't have your own opninion, but so far I haven't met any who doesn't.
Needless to say being honest doesn't mean u are not open minded. Being open minded simply means you are open to opinion or ideas. In order to be yourself you have to have an open mind to new ideas and yet don't lose yourself. Form ideas, visions and share them with others. If u stay open minded and willing to spare with others
to sharpen your mind, people will respect you for that. If you are able to defend your own stand point that people will respect you even more!
