Right? Wrong?

“You were given a right foot and a left foot, not a right foot and a wrong foot.”
- Buckminster Fuller

I fricking love that quote!

Perspective, at the end of the day, is subjective and that’s what this quote reminds me of. Our perspective, our truth, and what we consider personally right and wrong.

Oh, and before I continue I think it’s important to share that I’m not talking about the absolute wrongs in this world. Wrongs like racism, racial profiling, discrimination, hate speech and hate crimes, cruelty, abuse…those are definite wrongs.

What I’m talking about is the differing of opinions, thoughts, ideas, and perspectives.

THE NEED TO BE RIGHT

That quote also reminds me of that need to be right which I recently bumped up against. My own and someone else’s.

Not to bore you with the gory details. Let’s just say, I was trying to convince someone to see something my way. And since turn around is fair play, I was also on the receiving end of similar behavior.

And it got me thinking…

Why, as human beings, do we have to be right?
What happens when we’re wrong?

My answer to the question… my ego. It’s my ego that drives that need to be seen as a value-add, to “save face”, or to be seen as smart.

And you want to know something funny?