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Monday Morning Motivation

Do you like being right?

Remember, you can be right, but have an empty reception room. You can be right, but have cancer. You can be right, but push away those who love you. Being right is often the source of divorce, war and untold suffering. Being right must be very important.

It's not.

I bet you can't remember the last time you were "right." Neither can the patient, staff or spouse who was "wrong." However, they do remember the bad taste it left in their mouth and its accompanying odor of superiority.

Next time, let them be right. (Don't tell them!) Notice what happens. The world doesn't end and what would have been the source of unattractive confrontation passes unfettered by anger or self-inflicted, life-shortening hormonal changes in you.

Imagine an inactive patient telling a friend about you. "You should see Dr. SoAndSo. He's always right!"

I doubt it.

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From May 10, 2010 5:53 AM

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