Hi fellow Hiveians,
Today I wanted to talk about the importance of standing up for something in our lives!
Take a Stand
"If you don't stand for something, then you stand for nothing" Jordan Peterson.
I am always on the lookout for an ear worm like this. Sometimes people say really fascinating and wonderful things. Jordan Peterson certainly has many of his own things that he says that make a lasting impression. The above quote is definitely one of them that has left a mark on me.
I tend to listen to his podcast a lot, among many others. I think one of the things that I really like about Jordan Peterson is that he is one to focus on how men can improve themselves. There is so much shit and hate directed towards men in the society we live in today that it's pretty wild that people are allowing that to happen. I guess when there is massive money and media behind demonization of men, it is allowed to continue even though it's incredibly damaging.
I think the quote is incredibly powerful in that it means you need to take a stand somewhere. Where you take that stand in the various parts of your life is up to you. There are lots of examples of that type of stand in recent memory. The people who refused to be injected with an experimental gene therapy product took a stance. As more and more information comes out, they are affirmed in their choice was the right one. Plenty of people chose the opposite and some are dealing with it in a constructive way so they don't get duped again, while many others are doubling down because they don't want to admit or are too scared to admit they were tricked.
This is an important thing in the world we live in today, figuring out where we take a stand. There are so many challenges and issues in the world we live in today that it's easy to get overwhelmed. When we take a stand though, for topics and concepts that we determine important for ourselves, then we are able to take power back into our own hands. There is increasingly more and more times where power is trying to be siphoned away because it then shifts the power balance into the wrong hands. That's a dangerous thing to experience, but sadly it is all too common in human history.
When we make sure that we stand for something, then we are able to have confidence in ourselves and our beliefs. When we don't know what we stand for, that is certainly a common thing for some parts of life but for the core ones we need to make sure that we know what we stand for. Having firm beliefs in the time we are living in is so important. There are many beliefs that need to be flexible but there are also ones that we need to make sure that we have ingrained in us in a way that it will take a lot to challenge them. When we can do that, we can then build on that in our lives and be able to make other changes so that we can make positive changes as much as we can.
I was thinking that I've got a few things that I've stood for and have been really happy with the results. There are some others that I would like to figure out how to better incorporate into my life, but for the time being it's good that I've at least got what I do right now.
Another similar quote that I saw a few months ago was "Take a stand now, because it's better you than your grandkids. If you don't take a stand, you will know freedoms that your grandkids never will." and that really resonated with me on this specific topic of knowing where to take a stand!
What about you, do you think this is an important topic to think about? Let me know in the comments!
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Everything is so true. 4 years ago I took a stand on my stance on the dairy(both large ones and small ones) I was a big time curd lover, but everything went down the drain when I dug deeper. I came to know dairy is not as white as milk, then took a firm stand against it. This is an example from my life
Your post is so apt, it touches the right cords. I think this is how we evolve, by taking a stand. Such a good read !Wonderful thanks for stopping by and also sharing a story of your own. I think it’s really important that you are able to do that and even if it’s something as every day as a food, we have to figure out where we are with these things. It makes us a better person each day when we do!
It's funny, as I wrap up reading Brave New World this is a very relevant topic. I hope you're familiar with it, or at least the theme of social conditioning, because it is a huge eye-opener in how easily people will abandon their beliefs for the sake of comfort and safety.
As I was writing, I brought up COVID as well. In retrospect, it is absolutely terrifying to see how close we were to losing freedoms and automny... over the fucking flu lol 🥴 It's insane to think what more could have taken place had it not been for those of us who stuck up for truth ✊ That crowd can continue to double down, but I'll just say it -- you're welcome 💋 Holy sh--
Anyway! enough of my rant. Yes it's essential to stand up for what you believe in, with that keyword being YOU. Not what your parents, or school, or society told you to believe. People should always stand up for their truth, regardless of what it is (because even if the truth is messed up, at least then we know to avoid them! 😂). Thank you for sharing!!
Yeah I think it's really important to find out what we ourselves stand for and not what others expect us to do, with some limitations of course. When we are able to do that, we can truly make differences in the world I think! I have some principles that I stand for that even my wife disagrees with, but the crucial thing is that I stand for them regardless even if one of the most important people tries to challenge me on it. It's not fun sometimes but it's incredibly important when done correctly.
I’ve not read brave new world yet - it’s on my list when I can get back into reading. I read my first book the other day in a while it was nice! I only did it though because we were flying and I had nothing to do otherwise but it was nice to get back to reading.
One of the craziest things about the whole Corona situation is how people who balk at the events of WW2, in how people were tortured and stuff don’t think that what they did was no different. They would have been the same people selling their neighbor down the river to get rid of them because of the motivations of the time. It was the exact same behavior and psychological warfare on the population now that it was then, only enhanced. Really wild shit to think about!
That's so true, there are so many changes in our world these days and if we didn't take a stand, it could get worse. This was truly a great reminder that in our country, something is shifting too and not in the directions that we all wanted.
Yeah for sure! The world is changing incredibly rapidly, more than I think it's ever in the history we are aware of. It's fascinating for sure but stressful for sure haha. It's good to have things we stand for, but being open to adjust if necessary.
Hmm I think sometimes people don't want to take a stand because they fear upsetting people. And that's why I think it's important people should learn to be less judgmental and know that we can always agree to disagree, and still respect differing views.
I think one of the really important things in life we have to realize - there will always be someone that's upset. No matter what we do somebody will be upset so it's important that we stand for something. We will never be able to please everybody and that's unfortunately not something many seem to understand.
We can certainly be less judgmental and agree to disagree on things but there are a lot of things that we have to stand firm on.
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Hi, nice write up,I really find it interesting.well done
Thanks, glad you liked it. Have you taken a stand in life?