People can be aggressive in imposing opinions
Convinced they’re right
And sometimes their righteousness can hurt
Why is that?

But as a rule of thumb, I remind myself that
The more aggressively an opinion is forced
The higher the insecurity of the person who forces it

People tend to look for peers
If someone else believes what you believe, you’re not alone
Group pressure
The greater the group, the greater the safety

The need for safety rests only on insecurity

Which we all have
Some are better at pretending that they don’t
Or pretending to themselves

Evangelists want to shed light upon your ignorance
Your happy, peaceful ignorance
Break the perspective and provide a new one
Theirs

Because ultimately, I think we’re continually trying to find a perspective that guides us through life
And as we find one and succeed in life, we become convinced of the usefulness of that perspective
We push it onto others as useful advice
Forgetting that for someone else, in other times and other circumstances, there might be a better perspective elsewhere

I’ve always been jealous of evangelic friends
I feel they have a base perspective that allows them to continually question everything
Peaceful
Just focus on the work to be done

Yet even those perspectives can break or shift
And then you have to search and find again

Ultimately, I view life as a contemplation
I prefer to continually look for new fresh perspectives
Trying them on, seeing what fits