Just for Today-May 31
Posted on May 31, 2007 in the category
Love truth, but pardon error…Voltaire
Often, we don’t like to admit it when we are wrong, even though simple logic tells no one can be right all the time. And much of what we often argue about as right or wrong has nothing to do with right or wrong. Is it right or wrong to wear a red dress rather than a blue one? Or to take the bus rather than the train to work?
Life is too short to always try to be right, or to put everything into the category of right or wrong. We save ourselves a lot of grief and pain when we are able to admit we made a mistake, and avoid using the label “right” and “wrong” when they just don’t apply to the situation. We find great freedom in letting most things just be what they are, without a judgment from us. And we learn to love ourselves and those around us the same way.
Today help me to admit when I am wrong, and not gloat when I am right. May I not see everything in terms of right or wrong. May I avoid being self-righteous.
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