"Don't rock the boat"

I can't recall anyone telling me "don't rock the boat" in those very words, but I certainly have been "encouraged" not to be quite so passionate about my beliefs and convictions over the years.  It's a lonely life indeed being a non-conformist, even if you are pretty considerate about it.  Age does temper one's methods in non-conformity but it's still unsettling to the status quo and you once again find yourself peering through the fence at the game. Try to be a conformist for comforts sake and you'll find yourself a miserable man.  You could find yourself in the belly of the fish of depression.  You were made to be different, that's the lot you have been given, that's it, no more quibbling about it......  Age also brings humility after countless lessons of failure.  You know, those times when you were fulfilling your "calling" as a non-conformist and you find yourself on the wrong side of the truth, ugh, hate that when it happens.  After years of scouring by the streams of life you find yourself just another smooth stone amongst all the other.  To God however, you're now a perfect weapon for the take-down.