June 26, 2012

Got to be Right

There are two things that seem to mess up most relationships. People’s desire to be right and to correct others.

In most any relationship the want to be right and the need to correct the other person will do severe damage. I am not referring to only marriages but all types of relationships. When we have to be right and then try to make others agree with us; we will drive them away. Also, when we have to correct everyone when we feel like they are wrong, the relationship will suffer. There is right and wrong, but you may not be the one that should determine what that is. No one has it all figured out anyways. When we learn to give and have more patience with others, then the relationship will grow. Understand that you don’t have all the answers or been given the title as “All Knowing.” Relax, let others have their opinion, let them think the way they choose to think. Remember, there are others that have to deal with you and me too. You may just learn something when you listen, and realize you don’t always have to be right, because you aren’t always right. Is there a relationship today that could learn from and make stronger by not having to right or correcting the other person?