Sometimes, proving that we’re right isn’t worth the price.

(Part 2)

It is so easy to get caught up in daily discussions that we often don’t consider their trifling nature. Does it really matter whether we turn right or left in a drive around the lake? And yet, in the midst of a disagreement, we lose sight of this. We feel compelled to set the other person straight. And fail to notice that in our attachment to our viewpoint, we’re upsetting the other person.

What’s the point of winning an argument at the cost of distressing someone we care about? Or anyone, for that matter.

What comfort will we find in being right when we contribute to another’s distress? Or in our insistence, we cause their fears to increase, perhaps in their worry over making yet another mistake.

All this so that we can be right?

The unhappiness we will cause is pointless. Often, it’s best not to tell others that they are wrong. And very often, we really don’t need to show the world that we are right.