It's More Important To Be Happy . .

Than to be right. Someone wise said this to me years ago, and it's stuck with me. It has guided me through relationships with others, and it is a useful piece of knowledge in marriage as well.

What does it mean?

There are times when you will argue and argue because you believe yourself to be correct. I have actually met people who will spend time and energy seeking out ways to prove a friend wrong on a simple topic of no real consequence. What do you gain by doing this?

I am not saying you can never be right, what I'm saying is take a moment to ask yourself if it's really worth arguing over. If both people believe themselves to be correct, the argument could last forever. If it's not really that significant of an argument, isn't it more important to be happy?

To me, happiness wins. If I know that a conversation is going to continually go in circles while each of us gets more frustrated, I make the choice to agree to disagree. I do not need everyone in my life to agree with me, in fact, I think differences is what makes life interesting. Rather than let it make me and the other person miserable, I focus on letting it go.

Holding on to feelings like that can only make you bitter. Next time you know an argument is going no where, choose to take a break, and come back ready to get back to being happy.