You may feel compelled to pit your views against those of others today if you happen to come across individuals whose opinions or beliefs are at odds with your own. Even after you have outlined your basic worldview, you may be surprised to discover that your adversaries have not altered their positions even slightly. Your obstinacy coupled with others\' defiance can become a recipe for anger and hurt feelings if allowed to brew uninterruptedly today. You can reaffirm your commitment to tolerance and restore goodwill in your environment, however, by putting aside your need to be right so that you no longer feel so inclined to stubbornly defend yourself.

Our convictions cannot be shaken by force or by circumstance, yet we net nothing when we are obstinate where matters of belief or values are concerned. When we do not allow ourselves to even entertain another point of view, we close ourselves off from sources of enlightenment that have the potential to broaden the boundaries of our emotional and intellectual realms. Sloughing off stubbornness is most often a matter of reaffirming our commitment to open-mindedness by reaching out to those in a position to share views we might at first regard as revolutionary. We may not integrate all we discover in this way into our lives, yet we will nonetheless have grown in our investigation of the unknown. When you open your mind to a diverse range of possibilities today, you will feel no need to defend your own view of the world.