I’m sure you’ve heard the saying "agree to disagree." Well if you haven't, it means that you’re basically coming to an understanding with someone that you have a difference of opinion with. Sometimes when people are having a debate or a conflict, it could be resolved just by saying agree to disagree. (I wish I had known that sooner.) You aren't always going to agree with everyone on everything, and as soon as you realize that, your life will be a lot easier. So for the sake of argument, let's just agree to disagree.

People have disagreements about anything imaginable, big or small. There are people all over the world having disagreements right now. Whether it be politics, sexual orientation, sexual preference, education, race, religion, the food industry, relationships, fashion, work ethic and medicine–these are all important topics in our world and they cause for some big discussion. People can have a disagreement on a topic as big as who should be the president, and in turn, can have a disagreement about something so small like their music preference. You aren’t always going to agree with everyone. You can disagree with your significant other, and that’s okay. You can disagree with your best friend, even that’s okay. You can even disagree with a teacher or a professor. A difference of opinion can sometimes be eye-opening if it’s stated in the right way. Not everyone in life is going to have the same thoughts on a topic or the same morals even, that’s what makes life exciting, that’s what makes for great conversations and discussions–disparity.

I’m only a couple years out of high school and I have already seen that the disagreements and drama just don’t seem to come to an end. I’m sure you see drama in high school, college, in relationships, your work and maybe even with friends and family. It’s just one of those things that no matter what, not everyone is always going to be on the same page. We were all raised differently and brought up to solve problems and even taught how to defend ourselves in various ways, so we can’t expect to agree on everything when we weren't taught the same way. If we all had the same opinions on everything, that would be boring, we would have nothing to debate about and getting to know each other wouldn't be very exciting if we all had the same likes and dislikes. Like I said before, disparity makes for great discussions and conversations.

Instead of degrading or hating on the people that don’t ‘agree’ with you, take their opinion and agree to disagree with it. It’ll make things easier and save you the trouble of an argument. If anything, I know from experience that saying agree to disagree would have saved me in the long run and things in the past probably would have turned out differently. Disagreements and fights are still bound to happen, but the less we dispute, the better. Sure there are plenty of things that are debatable like I had previously stated, and it’s okay to believe in one thing and someone else believes the complete opposite–that makes things interesting. But at the end, let's agree to disagree with each other instead of putting one another down. I think we spend so much time trying to figure out why others think one thing, but we think the other. Why does it matter? We all think differently and we all have reasoning behind why we do the things we do, and just because that may not match how you think, that doesn't make the other person wrong. We can actually learn a thing or two from others opinions and it may help us to grow as individuals. Agree to disagree with me.