What do you do when some family and friends say "all you say / think are negative about the world"
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I get this a lot. "You are so negative about everything, your outlook, worldview, nobody will want to be friends with you"
Sometimes I get "all the people you praise, most people view negatively, and the people you praise like Trump most people frown upon"
I stand my ground insisting I tell the truth at any cost, but in some ways, it hurts because it does feel isolating and alone. I get that being alone is one of the costs of telling the truth in this world. How do ya'll handle this?
Loving people and caring for them opens opportunities to have conversations about hard topics. As the quote implies, opportunities for those conversations are secondary to loving and caring for people. We know that shouting at people in the streets is not persuasive, and continually or aggressively pushing a topic can make people unreceptive.