I think that everyone's story is worth listening to.  Nobody's story should cancel out anybody else's. It's true though that what is important to you may require sacrifice from me and I may not be willing to make it. This goes in reverse too. As with politics, there is a cost for most everything. What's valuable to me, I am willing to pay for. Not so willing though to put my money where your mouth is. But, how can I expect you to pay for my ideas if I am unwilling to do the same for you? It's at this place where division gets started. But that is also where true unity can begin. Learn to listen as much as you talk. Do not demand from someone else what you are not willing to give. Hypocrisy cancels out your message. There is no greater yoke than unforgiveness. Pride keeps you from the truth and isn't truth what we should all be about? Pride and confidence are two different things. One puffs up while the other builds up. Pride is something we have to constantly feed and maintain. It is expensive but often scratches an itch on the inside of us. Confidence grows when we allow it, during times of unpredictability and pressure. Confidence seals and heals the thing on the inside of us causing the itch. Confidence is rooted in strength. Pride is rooted in weakness. Pride is a pit, easy to fall into to. Confidence is the way out.