Self-esteem at a high level is just pointless ego. It's even more dangerous when their heads and hearts are so empty that they can easily be swayed by any figure of authority that they follow without question.

I was the guy who started a D&D campaign in high school in a Christian university. We had our dice and 'demonic' books out in the open and we played every lunch break and after classes. It's understandable as to why the approval of the majority of my peers means so little to me.

Whenever I felt like I had no purpose, I found something productive to do for myself, be it learning programming, making my own games, learning to draw, learning how to write Japanese and Chinese characters or working out.

While I do have a bit of an ego sometimes, the first thought that always comes to mind if something doesn't seem right is "Did I do something wrong?" or "Did I misunderstand something?"

A lot of things are still unknown to us right now and some things might not be what they appear to be. It's a dangerous time to be inflexible.

As long as your set of beliefs are built up from your own experiences and insights, then it's okay to be stubborn with them. We all have to stand for something, after all. It's only really bad when you just have bootleg beliefs that's passed down second hand from someone else.

Self-esteem at a high level is just pointless ego. It's even more dangerous when their heads and hearts are so empty that they can easily be swayed by any figure of authority that they follow without question.

I was the guy who started a D&D campaign in high school in a Christian university. We had our dice and 'demonic' books out in the open and we played every lunch break and after classes. It's understandable as to why the approval of the majority of my peers means so little to me.

While I do have a bit of an ego sometimes, the first thought that always comes to mind if something doesn't seem right is "Did I do something wrong?" or "Did I misunderstand something?"

A lot of things are still unknown to us right now and some things might not be what they appear to be. It's a dangerous time to be inflexible.

As long as your set of beliefs are built up from your own experiences and insights, then it's okay to be stubborn with them. We all have to stand for something, after all. It's only really bad when you just have bootleg beliefs that's passed down second hand from someone else.