How are you doing, Friend?
To be stubborn is to cling to the status quo, especially when it's not optimal. Stubbornness is the approach of people who do not like change. If there is a good side to being stubborn, that's called being tenacious. Tenacity is perfect when what is already in place is the best. Tenacity is also perfect for an unwavering pursuit of the truth.
Stubbornness has a negative connotation of holding onto something that isn't worth it. Tenacity has a positive connotation of holding onto something worthwhile--the truth. The truth can be in hand or out of reach. Either way, the tenacious person lets nothing stand in the way of the truth.
What happens when a life event challenges your belief system? That's an identity crisis. It can be extremely disorienting. The most positive outcome of an identity crisis is the establishment of a firmer grasp of the truth. Of course, then, a negative outcome would be to lose the truth--to spiral further away from it into chaos. Such a person is truly lost.
Matt
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