have opinion or not?

My father passed away when I was eleven, so naturally I grew up having lots of questions unanswered. Basically, I just watched everybody else and learned because honestly there were (there still are) lots of things to be learnt, especially when you were growing up. And how I was in awe with all the people who are so confident and so "I know what I'm doing"-ish.

As I become older and developed my own stand and opinions on different things, I realized that lots of people actually DON'T know what they're doing and lots of times people think they ARE doing the right things when in reality they aren't. And people have opinions and views and you actually don't have to believe everyone and if you think you're right you should just say so even if it reduces the 'comfort level' with a particular person or group of people and you SHOULD NOT respect anyone too much that you sacrificed your own individuality. As a general rule (I got this from 'the sunscreen song,' if anyone remembered);

be careful which advice you take
be patient to those who supply them

There really are lots of idiots in this world. But most mean well.