As I have relayed to you my valued readers in some other article recently, I have been watching Dr. Wayne Dyer as he delivered his most recent lecture series on PBS Television titled 'I can see clearly now', which incidentally is also the title of his latest book, which you may care to get a copy of as I'm quite sure it's full of Spiritual Insight and Great Wisdom, as were all of his previous books many of which I have in my library. Now one of the things which Dr. Dyer is placing great emphasis on in this series, and in his book, is the need for compassion in a person's life. I guess compassion is an integral part of being truly loving to one and all.
Now when addressing this subject Dr. Dyer stated that some people always seem to have a desperate need to prove to everyone that they're right. In fact, he gave some quite humorous examples of how he himself used to insist on letting people know that he was right. However, as he matured and acquired a certain amount of wisdom coupled with spiritual insight, he began to realize, that being right all the time was not that important in the overall scheme of things, and that it was much more important to be kind, loving and compassionate when dealing with others, and in particular in personal relationships.
My Friend, you may be right and your Spouse or Significant Other may be wrong, dead wrong... so what, do you always have to jump on them, figuratively speaking, and make them fully aware of the fact that they're wrong, or are you just going to let it ride, as the saying goes? Dr. Dyer summed his thoughts up on this subject when he said 'Be Right or Kind'.
Now, let me ask you an important question. Do you always have to be right when dealing with others?... Well do you? If the answer is yes to that important question, you My Friend may very well have low self-esteem. Yes indeed, people who have a bad self-image so often have a desperate need always to be right and thus be able to be in control of every situation and the people involved.
So My Friend, in conclusion, if you've got high self-esteem, and if you're spiritually mature and wise, even though someone may in fact be wrong; why don't you just ignore it and thus allow the other person to keep their dignity intact, even though they may be wrong. Really, in the overall scheme of things, which is more important, to keep the relationship alive, or for you to proclaim that you're right and they're wrong?
oThink about it!
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