Standing In Our Truth

"On matters of style, swim with the current; on matters of principle, stand like a rock." Ben Franklin

There are some things that are very negotiable.  Where to have dinner might be one.  I have some definite preferences, but I can usually find something to eat wherever we might go.  But, there are deeper truths, like how we will allow ourselves to be treated and how we treat others that is not negotiable.  I like to think of something by asking the question:  Is this worth standing up for?  Let's not waste our precious energy on those things not worth defending -- we will need that energy for those things that are worth defending.