Friday, 1/2/09 - Exodus 8:16-9:7, Do you consider yourself a cooperative or stubborn person?

Do you consider yourself a cooperative or stubborn person? I can be both depending on the situation.....

The word stubborn has a negative feel to it. It is usually considered a bad thing to be called stubborn because you are unwilling to reason or "cooperate." well, to me stubborn is not such a bad thing. When you are faced with a opinion or action that you don't agree with, then being stubborn is okay right? If you give in to something that you can't agree on, then you are not being yourself. For example, your friend asking you to go to a party that involves drinking alcohol. You say no because you are not into that kind of thing. To your friend, you may seem stubborn because you are not willing to even give it a try. But if your friend let you be you and stops pressuring you, then your friend is being cooperative. I know that i get frustrated at times when people are stubborn towards me, but i know that i should look at it from their point of view. Even though i look at it from their point of view, i still sometimes stick with my own opinion. I think its ok because i wouldn't want someone to always agree with me. We all had different experiences and influences that contributes to the opinions we have today. We are all different and i like to hear different opinions because i get an understanding of that person. It opens myself to new ideas and new people. If we all agree with each other all the time, then something is fishy. Arguements are ok sometimes because it makes a topic stronger by providing new insights. Arguements also teaches you that people are different. God made people different, yet similar. You may not agree with each other, but at least you can always reason XD. But if you are being stubborn all the time and it leading to nowhere, but arguements, then God might be telling you that you are just purposely not listening to others. It is ok to be yourself, but there are times where we need to change ourselves to form a good character, there is always something new we can learn.......right now you may not agree with my opinion on being stubborn. well, if you are thinking that way, then you are being stubborn! XP ok....nevermind i don't know what i am saying haha XP

I think i am cooperative most of the time. We need to coooperate because that is how things get done. When i was younger, i bet i was very uncooperative with lots of small things because i hate to admit it but kids do sometimes think they know everything. Maybe it is because when you are right, you get this proud feeling and people always cheer for you when you get the answer right. Maybe that is why we like to feel like we know everything because people would look up to you. They will come to you for answers because you are so wise. It is hard to admit you are wrong because it shows your human side. But thats ok because everyone is human *gasp*, we can't be right all the time. It is impossible to be right because that means our knowledge is very very wide. To me, i think God is the only one who has that kind of mind. He knows everything, we don't. Compare his mind to ours.......his is waaayyy bigger and i am ok with that. That means I can go to him for answers and know that he is always right. He is someone i can look up to. He may know all the answers, but it doesn't mean he would provide all the answers. He gives me situations, so i can find the answer for myself. Sometimes the answer is very complex and i need help finding it. In this world, there is many many people. God gave me these people to learn from and to cooperate with. He wants us to work together because that is why we are here. We are not alone because we have each other. Can you imagine doing everything by yourself?.....wow it will be hard. so....overall, it is ok to admit you are wrong and cooperate with others that can lead to the right answer.

haha i think i rambled a lot......this is a hard topic even though the question looks so simple, i think i am thinking too much XP sorry if it doesn't make sense, but you can cooperate with me and try to understand =)