60 Seconds for Story Prompt Friday: Don't Back Down!

<p>Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is 60 Seconds for Story Prompt Friday with questions carefully chosen to help you collect stories in the oral tradition or spark your own writing. Either way, you'll say, "Thanks for the memories."</p><p>Hello to you in Hancock, New Hampshire!</p><p>Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is 60 Seconds for Story Prompt Friday.</p><p>Walking along Honeymoon Bay Road with my cell phone playing the music of the 60s, 70s and 80s up came a song I’d not heard in years: I Won’t Back Down by Tom Petty (of the Heartbreakers). [Click <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvlTJrNJ5lA">here</a> for the official music video.]</p><p>The song took me back to 1989: the year I got married against my better intuition, when others said I just had cold feet, I’d been free too long and besides, everything was in place.</p><p>I did know the right thing to do; but I went through with the wedding anyway. Chalk it up to a strong teaching. What did I learn? Today, "I know what's right / I got just one life / In a world that keeps on pushin' me around / I'll stand my ground / I won't back down."</p><p><strong>Here’s your prompt</strong>: When have you backed down because someone or something was pushing you around? Now that you know how to stand your ground, write that story! </p><p>Lyrics off <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Moon_Fever">Full Moon Fever</a> (April 24, 1989).</p><p><i>"Well, I won't back down</i></p><p><i>No, I won't back down</i></p><p><i>You can stand me up at the gates of hell</i></p><p><i>But I won't back down</i></p><p><i>No, I'll stand my ground</i></p><p><i>Won't be turned around</i></p><p><i>And I'll keep this world from draggin' me down</i></p><p><i>Gonna stand my ground</i></p><p><i>And I won't back down</i></p><p><i>(I won't back down)</i></p><p><i>Hey, baby, there ain't no easy way out</i></p><p><i>(I won't back down)</i></p><p><i>Hey, I will stand my ground</i></p><p><i>And I won't back down</i></p><p><i>Well I know what's right</i><