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There is a particular kind of glint in the eye of an ornery person. It is not the bright flash of anger, nor the dull haze of apathy. It is a low, steady burn. A “go ahead, try me” flicker.

In a world that begs for our compliance—buy this, click that, agree with this, smile for that—stubbornness is the pause button. Orneriness is the voice that says, There is a particular kind of glint in

Let’s look at the dictionary: Ornery (adj.): Bad-tempered and combative; stubborn. steady burn. A “go ahead

That is productive orneriness.

Of course, there is a fine line between righteous stubbornness and being a jackass. True orneriness has a code. It pushes back against the world, but it doesn’t destroy the people in it. agree with this