WHEN BEING RIGHT IS WRONG
(or IRRELEVANT)
By Michael Josephson
I've come to realize how many times I (and Others) have
caused strife and sometimes done serious relationship
damage with no benefit whatever in an effort to "be right."
I've discovered three stages of rightosis: I) certainty that I am
right about something or Someone, 2) a desire to be sure
others know I am (or was) right, and 3) a desire to have
another person not only acknowledge I was right, but that
they were wrong. Reasons #2 and 3 are pretty pathetic signs
of egotism, but what about #1? Well even if I could be silently
and anonymously right (and my certainty is no evidence that I
really am right), it's rare that it really matters to anyone but
me whether I'm right or not.
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