Thorny topic. No man is an island, true. We are a highly social lot and going against the herd can cause some psychic discomfort. Of course, if you can pull a small group off with you that can help relieve the stress. Personally I have a great need for solitude and, no coincidence, so does my wife.
On the other side, if one always flocks with the main herd one can lose their sense of being an individual. I like to think I have a center, that there is someone that I am independent of what the herd may do. In fact, I know that is true. You can't please all the people all the time. But in the end you can be happy if you win the respect of those you respect.
We certainly are a complicated animal. Must be why I like people so much. (I'd like them more if there weren't so damn many of us.)
On the other side, if one always flocks with the main herd one can lose their sense of being an individual. I like to think I have a center, that there is someone that I am independent of what the herd may do. In fact, I know that is true. You can't please all the people all the time. But in the end you can be happy if you win the respect of those you respect.
We certainly are a complicated animal. Must be why I like people so much. (I'd like them more if there weren't so damn many of us.)
