[vc_row inner_container=”true” padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px” border=”none”][vc_column width=”1/1″][text_output]Being wrong is scary.
Really, it isn’t, but that’s what we have become conditioned to believe. Somewhere along the line we learned that one of the last things in the world you want to be, is wrong.
But, whycome? Why is it something to be afraid of? How come we do everything in our power to avoid it? What’s so wrong about being wrong? You can only be wrong if you’ve tried and realized you weren’t right, but at least it means you had the courage to try. Lots of people never get off the couch because they’re afraid that they do won’t be right, scared that what they try won’t be perfect; then they hide behind calling themselves perfectionists.
I have been wrong hundreds of times and I’m destined to be wrong again. Often, I am glad to be proven wrong, wrong about how unprepared for a test I was, wrong about how stuck-up the new chick was, wrong about how lame the new tumblr update would be. Don’t get me wrong (pun intended), being wrong doesn’t always work out in my favor. I have been straight-up wrong and regretted hoping on the wrong bus, wrong about choosing to eat ice cream before bed, and wrong in my decision to cut my own hair. I have even stayed in a relationship with the ‘wrong’ person just because it was comfortable and I preferred it over being alone. Dumb.
This isn’t one of those, ‘change your language’ lessons; wrong does exist. There are lots of things that are wrong (as in immoral and unjust) to do, such as pollute oceans, impose beliefs, cause harm to others. But, I’m talking about the flat out fear of not being right, or correct. There is wisdom to be gleaned when you realize you are wrong; you can certainly learn from your mistakes and make different choices next time. But when you give in to a fear of being laughed at, embarrassed, or ashamed, and take no action or remain silent, you miss out on plenty of opportunities to be right, all because you were too scared to be wrong. Cut that crap out.
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