I feel that man. The balance I have found is from nonviolent communication. I have an episode on that in my podcast series if you want to check it out 🤙
It's okay for me to have opinions, but I don't enforce them on others with demands. (At least when I am fully present)
Part of the exercise was first trying to understand the difference between a judgement & an observation. Words are tricky things & what feels like a neutral observation to me can be interpreted as a judgement by someone else. In the end even observations felt like a judgement because it has an inferred comparison. It's been an interesting exercise & has drawn my attention to how frequently we judge others & ourselves.
We live in a dualistic reality, a reality full of contrast. I think it's healthy to have preferences but to also respect the preferences of others. I can also have an opinion on anything, I tend to not explore opinions too deeply unless they're relevant to me though. I think holding your preferred outcome in focus while being neutral to how it's achieved is the best approach to living.
I think I've tried looking for your pod before man, but I don't like using Spotify. I think you had something on mushies that caught my attention. What's the name of the pod?
