Wisdom vs. Folly | Refraining from Speaking

In the past, I loved being right.

It’s something that came natural to me early on in school.

When we were working on a problem as a class and people didn’t know the answer — I did. People would look to me in those situations.

When the class was silent, I would speak. I would even volunteer the answer beforehand. I was confident in my intelligence.

Eventually though… I have lost the desire to be right all the time. It simply doesn’t matter.

When people are insistent that their incorrect answer or belief is the right one… it’s not always worth fighting. Why should it be?

I sit quietly.

Sometimes today when I say something and someone says a countering or differing response, I say nothing and pretend I never even heard them. It’s not important.

They can sit there and try to argue all they want but it’s not worth my energy. If they are closed-minded and don’t want to entertain that there could be another possible right answer… then that’s okay.