Thursday, February 8, 2024

On Being Right

Image of house in background behind tall grass

An overwhelming desire to be right, could lead to an irrevocable wound in a treasured relationship.

Granted this is a complicated statement, and there are multi-layered factors that need to be considered before any semblance of an answer can find a foundation. Starting with the type of relationship: is it a parent and a child, extended family members, life-long friends or a partner relationship; each hold background causal factors, that lead to the desire to be right. Each person’s life experiences, as well as, the relationship being healthy and balanced or shrouded by an underlying complication, needs to be measured as a foundational block to this statement’s validity.

So today it is worth asking, in this moment in time is being right worth the wound?

Secondary question one might ask: is it a desire to be right or is it a desire to prove another person wrong?

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