What you are speaking of below is more than just being different and following unusual paths. What you are speaking about is a strong will which is also a characteristic of Sun/Uranus people. It is often necessary to follow our calling. Yet at times it can lead us to obstinacy and difficulties when finding solutions that may better serve us when dealing with other people. Your planets are in the fixed sign of Leo which can even be more inflexible in ways of doing things and personal principles. Like any quality this can be advantageous or a hindrance to personal growth and social life.
That's right, as a matter of fact I had to wait my present age, 50+, to be able to think and act in a more flexible way. Wisdom now is often able to balance that strong pattern which leads to obstinacy and clearly often uneffective or harmful endeavours.
i can also be obstinate. i do not know if you saw the film The Bridge Over the River Kwai but Alec Guinness plays a part in which he obstinately sticks to a principle which works against him and ultimately is his own undoing. The film Solaris also had a similar theme. i have been guilty of this at times in my life as well. It is often difficult to know which principles are worth fighting for and which ones are worth letting go in certain incidents. I believe in our spiritual journey we are often being shown the limits of our own ideologies, thought patterns and principles. In many ways they help us but they can also be a stumbling block. I believe you have a point when you say that wisdom can give us the discrimination to know when we should yield to others in our own views.
Following a spiritual discipline demands a certain strength of character. However like everything in this creation that quality is also subject to duality. What we see as a strength in some incidents can be a weakness. Because we are challenged to also bend and be flexible in our approach to others around us. My father once told me: 'You are like steal. You do not bend.' Ofcourse what he was not able to see is that I was just a chip off the old block - He being the block. Yet he still had a legitimate view.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=11784&PIpi=94116i chose this link and picture because some people seem to actually show more character with age which make them attractive.
