Either you defend the status quo, or you invent the future.
If you're not upsetting anyone, you're not changing the status quo.
The future isn't so much about absorbing or tolerating change, it's about making change.
A bully is playing a game, one that he or she enjoys and needs. You're welcome to play this game if it makes you happy, but for most people, it will make you miserable.
All artists are entrepreneurs. All entrepreneurs are artists.
The way I understand gifts is that the giver must make a sacrifice, create an uneven exchange, bring himself closer to the recipient, create change and do it all with the right spirit.