You may feel passionately today about your beliefs and find yourself expressing them freely. It is likely that others will embrace your freedom of expression to share their own beliefs, which may differ from yours. For some reason, this may fill you with a sense of righteous indignation and make you feel the need to defend your viewpoints fervently. Generally when we feel righteous, we automatically shut out any other positions, whether they have any validity or not. This can actually work against us, because not only are we keeping ourselves from attaining a deeper understanding of an idea, but we may seem illogical and closed-minded to others. So rather than giving people reason to agree with our arguments, we may actually push them away. Today you have the opportunity to seek the balance between sharing your ideas and trying to force them upon others.

When we focus too much on being right, we lose sight of the greater good that can come from sharing our ideas, which is to give others the chance to understand. Trying to force people to do or think anything often results in rebellion. But if we can listen to different approaches and logically engage in discussion about the merits of each point, we have the chance to learn and grow along with everyone else. There is really no need to defend our beliefs, because no one can take them from us. So today with confidence in your perspective, you can share your ideas without feeling the need to defend them.