~In a way, God and the afterlife were kind of like gravity, weren't they? It didn't matter if he believed in gravity or not. Gravity was a fact, a simple physical law, a force of nature. A person could stand on the top of the Empire State Building shouting, "I don't believe in gravity. I can't see it. I can't taste it. I can't touch it. Gravity be damned." And then jump. But what then? Would his lack of belief in gravity cushion his fall? Of course not. He'd smash on the pavement and die.
Gravity couldn't be seen. But that didn't mean it wasn't true. The truth about gravity could be discovered. And wasn't it smarter to discover gravity before it was too late? Maybe the same was true about God. Maybe it was smarter to find Him before jumping blindly into eternity like a fool without a parachute.~
-The Last Days by Joel C. Rosenberg
In life there is sometimes the mindset that if a person doesn't like something in life, he/she refuses to go along with it. That is perfectly fine at times, but in some cases, it is not a wise thing to do. For example, some people may think it is wrong for others to judge you by the way you dress. They don't think people should have to dress professionally or appropriately at work to be viewed as an employee who works hard and takes his/her job seriously. It may be fine to disagree that one should be stereotyped by what he wears, but even if he disagrees, it is a reality that people are going to judge you by your dress. Of course, I think it is good for people to try and change things that they don't agree with, but that change may not happen overnight or ever, so in the meantime, if you refuse to go along with reality, it may very likely disadvantage and harm you. So in instances such as this, I think it prudent for your success in life to acknowledge and go along with reality even if you are trying to change it. I believe that even Stacey and Clinton from What Not To Wear would agree with the example I have given!
