Comments on: Being Right: It Won’t Make You Popular

By: The Skinny On January » Blog Archive » Finding Balance for an Inner Peace

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:58:33 +0000

[...] that your attachments are a source of all your problems. You can be attached to things, people, the need to be right, to win, etc. By being open minded you can resist these attachments and have inner peace and [...]

By: Brandon

Brandon — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:13:53 +0000

Patricia: Thanks for sharing your experience. I can never be reminded enough how much being right is not important.

By: Patricia - Spiritual Journey Of A Lightworker

Patricia - Spiritual Journey Of A Lightworker — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:21:29 +0000

My daughter and I used to argue a lot when she was a teenager. My dad thought he was always right about everything. Unfortunately having the last word in an argument is something I learned from him and passed on to my daughter. How much do we actually pass on to our children just being a role model? Too much. One day I realized what we were both doing and decided that I didn’t have to have the last word. She noticed after about 2 times. Then we discussed the situation calmly and had to laugh at what we had both been doing. My daughter is 30 years old and we don’t argue as much as we did when she was a teenager.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:35:13 +0000

Lee: What are you talking about?

By: Lee

Lee — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:52:59 +0000

We, the public demand an apology right now for these preachings of evil piracy! How dare you! I am notifying the authorities about this!

By: Lee

Lee — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:51:20 +0000

I find this page to be offensive. Jesus would not be too happy with you right now. In fact, Jesus and God both are puking their guts out reading these nonsensical ramblings! I am appauled and the bible is to!

By: My Family Health Blog » Blog Archive » Being Right Won’t Make You Popular… but the truth heals… most of the time.

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:52:32 +0000

[...] 14, 2008 – 9:52 pm | by eesc Interesting post at that of course is correct / right. Being right won’t make you popular. Hmmm… somehow yes I know that. I try to find the truth and am satisfied by it I want to [...]

By: January Harshe

January Harshe — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:03:22 +0000

Staci, you deserve credit! Your are awesome! Oh, no problem honey. I just wanted to support your post!

By: Staci

Staci — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:44:22 +0000

Wow, I got credit for something Brandon wrote. Lucky me!!! Anyways keep up the wonderful blog Brandon and January.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:44:26 +0000

Thanks for stopping by Tam. Looks like your mom helped you out in regards to this topic.

Oh, by the way, thanks a lot January!

By: January

January — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:38:21 +0000

Hi Tam, By the way, my name is January (Staci is a friend of mine who comments here) and the post was written by Brandon, my husband. Thank you very much for commenting! It’s amazing how caught up people get in needing to be right or prove a point. My husband feels the need to be heard and to prove his point no matter what! In the end it doesn’t really matter. Sorry about your dad, but you know, it’s never too late! It’s nice that you have a mom to be an example for you. I’m sure Brandon might want to respond as well. Have a great day, keep reading and commenting…we’d love to hear more from you! January

By: tammay

tammay — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:22:35 +0000

Hi Staci,
I got to the link on your blog from the Veggie Boards raw food board (just browsing). I just wanted to respond to your post.

You are so right about this issue of being right and thank you for the thoughtful post and the quote. I wish I could send it to my dad but he would never understand it. He’s 64 years old and all his life he has been convinced he is right about everything. Not only is anyone who doesn’t agree with him wrong but they’re an idiot as well.

Unfortunately, I know I learned by observing as a kid to be inclined to try and argue my point. However, thank goodness I was blessed with a mother who is much more balanced and wise and I try to follow her example. Her philosophy is that if you keep trying to justify your position without listening to the other side, you’re closing yourself off for change. She’s always open to hearing the other side and always changing. As a result, I really love and admire her, but I tolerate my dad, mainly because I know he’s not a bad person inside (just stubborn and egotistical and, damn it, always has to be right!)

Thank you again for the thoughtful post.

Tam

By: Brandon

Brandon — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:02:40 +0000

Staci: Hey, no problem. I think what the real problem is that we “reds” are just misunderstood. Right? LOL!

By: Staci

Staci — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:52:23 +0000

Thanks Brandon I think I needed that today. You are right on this one. We all gain different knowledge at different times in our lives. I also like being right but the truth is I am definitely not always right in fact most of the time probably. Thank you for the insight, it has motivated me to try harder to be more understanding.