Have you ever been wrong?

Now depending on your age the answer did not come as a yes but as moments when you were wrong. Now as we know being wrong is not always bad an indeed sometimes very relieving. But we still do not like to be wrong.

The problem with being wrong is that it shows that we are fallible and prone to error. We rely on our choices to lead us to solutions that promote success regardless of our field of study or occupation. We even depend on our ability to choose well to guide our families or home life. So yes we do not like to be wrong. Yet we often are.

Now there are two types of people, those who take being wrong with humility and those who just get mad (to varying degrees). Humility is the ability to look at one's life and say yes I got that one wrong and move forward. Pride looks at the situation and seeks someone to blame.

Now I expect each of us can quickly come up with examples that fill in both types. The true question how many times do we fit both? We would like to believe that we are able to accept our errors with calm and poise but alas that is not always the case.

Have you ever stopped to determine what caused one reaction over the other? Perhaps it was who was in the room or how the error was brought to your attention? Regardless there was something that encouraged us to react with either humility or arrogance. How well do you like you actions being controlled by circumstances?

There are a vast number of events that surround us daily, though lately I expect that number has diminished a little. So I believe this is a great opportunity to begin an evaluation of why we might react like we do to the stimulus around us.

You make a vast number of correct answer daily. I would expect that the number of times you are correct so far outweigh the wrong ones as to make the percentage very close to irrelevant. So why can circumstances cause us to act with arrogance? Is it who we are, so it simply shows up?

Are you arrogant? Are you humble? Are we both? I believe we have the ability to choose. We can be humble if we choose to recognize that we make mistakes and that does not change who we are. We simply made a mistake. Errors in judgment happen. We can also choose to not let circumstances control our reactions.

So you were wrong. I am all of the time. Have an amazing day!

Blessings