Boundries

This morning I was taking my walk and I was thinking about boundaries.  I apparently have not just boundaries, but quite a fortress.  I am, for the most part, secure in my beliefs and how I choose to live my life and in choosing to be flexible and ever open to new ideas and concepts, ironically have become somewhat inflexible.  I am inflexible in that fact that I choose not to allow other people opinions dictate my path.  I pretty much have always been this way, but i am trying to at least listen now and consider the information that is being given, be it criticism, encouragement or otherwise.  I think some people will give you a lot of criticism others too many compliments.  i like to live somewhere more in the realm of what is real...can I touch it, can I see it, is it a real representation?  For example, I think about people of great fame.  Not to say that what they contribute is not substantial, but honestly, just because they are famous does not make them the authority on everything.  Or say the street people, just because they live on the street does not make their contribution less valid.  I like to believe that each of us has something to offer, something of value.  And i am a big advocate for the belief that my way is right for me, not necessarily right for you.  my greatest joy in life is seeing people being able to express their true selves for the purpose they were created and were given life.  This very core of my belief is what ends up alienating me from so many, because I don't fit the form they want, and people always assume I believe what they believe, when they realize that  I don't, the relationship is cut off.  It is interesting, because i give them the freedom to be themselves, they are usually uncomfortable with the freedom I take to be myself.  We separate ourselves into these little sub groups and call them our friends.  the discomfort I cause others is that, everyone is my friends, I love everybody.  that is not to say that I approve of all Behaviour, that is different, but I do believe that all people deserve to be loved and heard.  and i believe this, because, I want to be loved and heard.