Being right can be...wrong?

Ahh, California weather in June, so nice, so beautiful, so... rainy? Yep, cold, wet, and rainy. I've never really taken global warming seriously (I know, how ignorant of me), but maybe that would explain some of the strange weather lately? I'm not saying I don't think the Earth needs some tidying up. I do my part, I recycle, we switched our light bulbs, I turn off the water when I'm not using it. But I still like my little comforts, like real books instead of electronic ones.

I love to read for those of you who don't know. My library includes all sorts of different genres. Classic novels, suspense thrillers, romantic thrillers, and lots and lots of fiction. It's funny that I don't write fiction, but I read all the fiction I can get my hands on. My favorite author is Nicholas Sparks. You just pegged me for a hopeless romantic, didn't you? I know all his stories are the same, but I don't care, there's something that gives me hope when I read those books. Something that gives me hope that there are happy endings out there.

Right now I'm reading Silver Linings Playbook. They made a movie based on it, with Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, it got a lot of awards. It has a wonderful message about hope, and about finding the silver linings in bad situations. The protagonist, Pat, has recently been let out of a mental facility and is desperate to end his "apart time" with his beloved wife, Niki. He tries to do things that Niki will appreciate. He reads the novels from her class syllabus (Niki is an English teacher). He tries to act the way Niki would want him to act. When he is faced with a situation that would normally start an argument, he tells himself that he is "...practicing being kind, instead of right,..." Isn't that great?

I think everyone should practice being kind. Being right is marvelous, but if we love people the way we're supposed to love everyone, what is more important? Making sure the other person knows you are right, possibly starting an argument, or hurting their feelings? Or making sure you show compassion toward the other person, making sure they're loved? Now, don't get me wrong, there's a difference between telling someone that you're right and telling them the truth. If they need to hear the truth, let them have it, I'm all about honesty. But in a matter of opinion, why not let them think they're right? What harm does it do you? In the end, does it matter?

" Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right." Abraham Lincoln

-Grace