I did the right thing, so why do I feel so bad?

My school’s doing a production of ‘The Wizard of Oz’. I was cast as the Wicked Witch of the West, which was exciting for me.

I’m a Seventh-Day Adventist (which basically means that I can’t do secular activities from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday). The play was rescheduled to be on a Friday night… with a matinee on Saturday afternoon.

I sent an email to the director and the co-director, and they basically said that they respected my religious beliefs, but that they’d have to do auditions to re-cast the role of the Witch. They said that this might cause some tension with my former drama friends… and I said I realized all of that.

I stood up for what I believe in, so why do I feel so bad?