In this day and age, opinions are every where. You don't have to agree with every opinion you hear. Not at all. Someone else may have a ton of different ideals and views that you may not believe in, but at the end of the day you should find it in yourself to respect their ideas and views, and in sense agree to disagree.
There have many debates over police brutality, politics, why someone should or shouldn't get the new iPhone 6S, and more. There have also been educated and many uneducated opinions, since everyone has them. But truly, that's not the point I'm making. I love when people have their own ideas. I live for people sharing their opinions, giving their views about different matters, and showing they care about things.
I'll always remember the saying, "If you stand for nothing, you'll fall for anything." There couldn't be more truth in that statement. If you don't have your own views and outlooks on life, but you thriving and living off someone else's, you aren't truly living, are you? You have to take a stand and state your mind at times.
Since this is real life, not everyone is going to agree with you. Crazy, I know, but you have to realize that's okay. If we all woke up one morning and had the same ideas and views as one another, this would be a completely boring world to live in and I honestly couldn't imagine it. Standing for something also doesn't just mean with your opinions and your thoughts, but it has to do with your actions as well.
If you feel like you should protest for racial injustice do so. If you feel like you should start a petition to ban smoking from your campus, do so. Once again, not everyone will like what you're doing. Not everyone is going to appreciate it. You might not even have anyone on the bandwagon with you, but the most important one on it -- is you.
No matter what, make sure you have something that you stand for. Your own views, your own actions, and everything in between. If you're living someone else's words and actions, you're not living to your full potential. At all.
