Its difficult really to be either or, at one end of the scale there is as you say the doormat and at the other there's the person who treats others like they are a doormat, i figure somewhere in between is best .
"As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others,
even to the dull and ignorant; they too have their story."
credits -Desiderata Max Ehrmann for the quote.
Oh I really like this... "speak your truth quietly and clearly...." Lovely, thanks!
welcome \o/