Always Right?

Do I always have to be right? Do I always have to feel like I’m right? Do I always have to prove to someone else that I’m right? Oh man, this is a tough one for many of us, including me.

Well, I admit it, I’m not always right. In fact, the sooner I was able to let go of my need to be right, the sooner I was able to be open to more learning opportunities, and I was much happier. For me, this directly relates to my need to convince someone of something of which I believe they need convincing. This is all about my need to control.

It is not my job to be right all the time and it is not my job to convince anyone of anything. There is no absolute right or wrong, so why should I force myself to think I am right? Why should I force my rightness on anyone? Am I even right about what I am writing in this blog? Does it really matter? If I answer that question, I am judging myself as right or wrong. So, I’m going to go with that old Buddhist farmer, again. His premise that he didn’t know if it was good or bad can be applied to me being right or wrong. I don’t know if I’m right or wrong and I’m good with that.

It is such a relief to let go of my need to judge myself, which is exactly what I am doing by pushing myself to decide between rightness and wrongness. Does it matter? That is up to you.