Submitted by Sue-Marie on Tue, 01/29/2008 - 1:48pm.
My mother always says "this too shall pass" and she is one of those freakishly happy people so I think you are onto something there. But what really struck me about this post was the question you ask yourself, "Would you rather be right or happy?" People often say to "just let go" but this isn't always easy for me. It's getting easier, but I have to work at it. I think "would you rather be right or happy" is another way of moving off the spot that is causing angst, but it seems more concrete than "just let go." I sometimes take the blame for things I didn't do just because people sometimes really need to be mad at somebody and I think, okay, I'll take the blame and then they can get off it. Why do we get so stuck on being right? I think it is our mind playing tricks with us. You have to watch that mind, it's quite a trickster.
As one former classmate's t-shirt said, "Don't let your mind wander. It's too little to be out by itself."
My mother always says "this too shall pass" and she is one of those freakishly happy people so I think you are onto something there. But what really struck me about this post was the question you ask yourself, "Would you rather be right or happy?" People often say to "just let go" but this isn't always easy for me. It's getting easier, but I have to work at it. I think "would you rather be right or happy" is another way of moving off the spot that is causing angst, but it seems more concrete than "just let go." I sometimes take the blame for things I didn't do just because people sometimes really need to be mad at somebody and I think, okay, I'll take the blame and then they can get off it. Why do we get so stuck on being right? I think it is our mind playing tricks with us. You have to watch that mind, it's quite a trickster.
As one former classmate's t-shirt said, "Don't let your mind wander. It's too little to be out by itself."