My coworker made a mistake. Nothing major. But nothing that should be repeated either.
So, I told her.
What followed was the usual back and forth:
She did not think it was a mistake.
But it was.
Yada yada.
When she finally recognized it, I expected to feel good.
After all I was right and rightfully so, right?
Yeah, but I didn’t feel good.
Being right does not accomplish that, I realized.
What makes me feel good is not even related to being right or wrong.
It thrives on something else:
My state of consciousness.
And I realized another thing:
That state is so precious. It’s never worth losing over being right.
And certainly not if being in the right doesn’t have the power to make me happy anyhow.
Brigitte Schneider
aka Ms. Feelgood
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