DIY for Your Soul Podcast

How many times have we found ourselves in a situation with someone where he or she will not back down from an argument? No matter what, that person insists he or she is correct. Situations like this are often unpleasant and frustrating and we often don't think very highly of people who must be right at all costs. We have to ask ourselves, though, how often do we do the very same thing? Our first reaction is likely that we're not like that at all. But is that really the case? Are we more like the person who has to be right; only to lesser degrees? How many disagreements could possibly be solved by simply harmoniously agreeing to disagree? It is possible. It merely requires us to change our perspective. It demands that we stop seeing the world from a self righteous viewpoint. In this podcast we learn that when we find ourselves in one of those tense situations where we just have to prove our point, we can defuse the situation by asking ourselves, ?Would I rather be right, or would I rather happy?? We will find that momentary feeling of victory, of winning the point, or the whole match, is fleeting, because friction and strife is not likely getting you where you want to go. It is not creating stronger bonds. It is not moving you in the direction of personal growth. It's really keeping you stuck. We'll discover that sometimes we simply have to decide between being right, or being happy. Because the reality is, that you can't always be both.