An alternative method is one thing, but in the end an alternative manner of functioning - alternative to mainstream thought and method - will be peculiar to your character. The fact remains that there are others in existence that move in the world differently than yourself, and they too are trying to be what they are.
Should you struggle to define yourself as a standalone force, you'll quickly find yourself struggling as a castaway, lost on a rough sea of striving egos.
But to extend your trust to and ally yourself with others - who may have alternative methods of their own character, but which are compatible ethically with yours - you find that suddenly you feel a buoyancy.
Whereas wills of a differing nature would be clashing against yours, they are coming up to meet the sympathetic wills of those in your sphere.
Others are interacting in ways that you may find difficult to do yourself, and filling in for your weaknesses. Others are absorbing those conflicting forces, giving you room to be yourself amidst difference.
The spontaneous individual is relieved to be among planners, and planners are refreshed to be among the spontaneous. Those who project their will forcefully and outwardly are delighted to have passive individuals absorbing their energy, while the passive are delighted to have the aggressive pushing and responding to their pulling.
The talkers are glad to have the listeners and the silent to talk to, while the listeners and the silent are glad to hear the expressions of the talkers. The jokers are glad to have the serious to joke with, and the serious are glad for the gaiety of the jokers.
All of these countervailing forces must balance themselves of course. If any one personality acquires too much power and space to exercise itself, there is a fragmentation and strain among the others, or there is an antagonism between two opposing personalities, resulting in contrived, artificial power structures which employ propaganda and repetition to sustain themselves as they disintegrate, after which creative communication can return.
