values system

in the past years, i've been told that i was either naive or self-righteous about certain things. during the time that those were said to me, not only was i offended, but the comments cast some doubt in my mind about my own beliefs and convictions.

fast forward to today, i've finally made a realization. it is not my beliefs system that is flawed. i'm not saying theirs are wrong. but if you think about it, each person has their own set of values. what i believe to be right might not apply to the next person. but just because everybody else does it, does not, ever make it right or even okay. 

it's odd that these days, sometimes i feel like the exception rather than the rule because there are things that i won't stand for. i don't know how it came to be that way. has the human race come this far only to let their humanity suffer this way?