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Between flexibility and self-denial

This is one question that is bound to haunt each and every one of us at least once in our lifetime: what should we hang on to and what should we let go of? Being too rigid is not good - you need to listen to the other side and at least try to understand it. On the other hand at which point giving in to the other side becomes giving up on yourself and what you are? It's one of the unfortunate things in life - you can never truly evaluate the consequences of the choices you make until you have actually made them. You will not know whether giving up on something would be too much too bare for you until you have actually done it. There may be an inkling beforehand that may point you in one direction or the other... but the only way to truly know is to go through with it. Giving up on yourself for another person will eventually lead to frustration. Frustration usually leads to people falling apart. Of all the what-if's in life, this is one type of choice that will forever st