Convince or compromise?

Today I was having a casual talk with a good friend Appu. We were discussing on relationships and marriages. I told him that love marriages are better while he was of the opinion that arranged marriages are better. I was trying to justify my opinion saying since we know the person before, I feel love marriages were better while he was of the opinion that though we know the person, the self esteem of the individual comes down in the eyes of both the families during love marriages.

As the discussion progressed, he told a factual sentence which most of us wouldn't have given a thought -'the most common mistake that all of us do is rather than convincing the people around us about our thoughts and beliefs, we tend to compromise so as to not hurt the people around and in the long run we end up feeling unhappy'.

Isn't it true that only if we are happy that we can bring upon smiles and happiness in the lives of people around us?

We should remember this each time we think of giving up something we cherish a lot.

Good luck. :)