How much do you insist on being right?

Being right, or feeling that you are right, is important to many people.

How much do you insist on being right?

Regarding your choices, or your way of being and living.

Or perhaps how you appear to be right to the people around you.

Have you ever found yourself lost, unable to make a choice, or ignoring your own feelings because you felt you had to be right?

Since the opposite of being right is being wrong, you might sometimes be so afraid of being wrong that you end up unable to choose what is truly right.

The criteria for what is right can sometimes become something you have internalized as how things should be, based on what someone else said rather than your own thoughts.

Also, in the process of asserting that you are right, do you ever find yourself explaining more than necessary or labeling those around you as wrong?

The word 'right' has many meanings. Looking at a dictionary, it can mean: how things should be; in accordance with morals, ethics, or laws; not crooked; without error; consistent with truth or reality; following standards, norms, or etiquette; logical; an effective method; not distorted; not disordered; or orderly.

While things like laws are easy to understand, morals and ethics can vary from person to person, even if there is some general consensus.

There is also the matter of what is right based on individual standards, so judging what is right is sometimes not easy.

There is not always just one right way.

Just because I am right does not necessarily mean someone else is wrong, does it?

When it comes to opinions, before deciding whether they are right or wrong, they might simply be 'different'.

Since we have been trained since childhood that there is always one correct answer on tests, we may have developed a habit of thinking that everything has a single correct answer and that anything else is wrong.

Perhaps we seek that because we get points for giving the correct answer.

When there is only one answer, it leads to a lot of hesitation, and at times, it increases friction with others and dilemmas within ourselves.

Moreover, there are times when we don't even know what that 'right' thing is, especially what is right for ourselves.

That is why making choices can sometimes become complicated, and if you insist on being right, you may find yourself unable to reach a conclusion.

The good news is that no matter how you perceive things, how you think about them, or what choices you make, in the end, it is 'right' for that moment.

For example, if you think you are right, then you are right.

If you think you cannot do something, that is certainly correct, and if you think you can, that is also correct.

In other words, if you look at it from the perspective that you cannot make a wrong choice, you can feel much more at ease.

Sometimes, it is correct to just move forward, no matter what.

In such cases, none of the options are wrong.

If you are so fixated on choosing the right path that you cannot make any choice at all, sometimes time just passes, nothing gets solved, and things do not progress, right?

When you apply this concept, the idea that you are right and therefore those around you are wrong no longer holds up.

Then, you no longer need to label those around you as wrong (or bad) just to be right yourself.

If you are okay with being right and do not need to defeat those around you, it is easier for everyone.

After all, everyone wants to be right.

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