Some tribulations are more displeasing than others, yes? I figure the day we stop learning and growing is the day of decent and that sounds hideous although weariness can subdue the senses on occasion. Oh that weariness, numbness and faded passion, zest and zeal. Yuk right? And then... 
I had, hands down, the strangest dream of my life last night, it was enough to make me ponder all throughout the day. Sometimes the smallest inspiration can change ones focus and perceptions.

Likewise, I thank you as well - conversation seems like a foregone notion in this modern society. 

If it's stubbornness than I wish more had such traits. What ideas do you cling to so and may I ask why you use the word stubbornness to define these ideas?