You’re confusing stubbornness with conviction. They are very different.
Conviction is a requirement for progress. It requires constant testing and reevaluation under new info. For this reason, it craves new experiences and ideas. It hardens it. Emboldens it. If it fails any tests, the conviction dies. With time, conviction grows.
Stubbornness is indifferent to progress. It does not care about new data - in fact, it hates it. It runs away from tests and experiences. It wants to live no matter the cost. It lashes out at anything that threatens it. With time, it weakens.
Both react to time. Time has a way of eroding all of the weak things away, and only the strong things remain. Conviction is strength.
Your declaration, itself, is a conviction. You should hope that it’s not stubbornness.
Old people are just grumpy because it can be frustrating watching younger people repeat the same mistakes they made. Those old people aren’t yet old enough to realize that those mistakes are a built-in cost towards growth. It’s a good thing. Really old people smile when they see these mistakes, and aren’t concerned at all. Like watching a child learn how to ride a bike - the skinned knees are a requirement.
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