Little Miss Can't Be Wrong. We all know someone like her. She's the one won't back down when she thinks she is right. She delights in airing her own opinions. It's rare to get an apology out of her. She's too insecure to give a sincere compliment to you. She'll go to great lengths to prove she is right because being "w..w..wrrrrong" is not in her vocabulary. Little Miss C-B-W may even be popular in social circles because of her wealth of knowledge and ability to contribute to almost any topic of conversation, but her closer, more intimate relationships are few because her need to be right ends up turning people off over time. More than likely her behaviour is just a coverup for the fears and insecurities that actually drive her. Her desire for significance would be better satisfied through being more kind than right. Little Miss C-B-W needs to see that you can be right.... yet wrong at the same time.
If you held this image of the word "RIGHT" up to a mirror you would see that it also spells "WRONG". We may be right with our facts, but wrong with our delivery, our approach or our intention. I think it all boils down to our motives. Why do we esteem being right as more important than being loving or forbearing?Have you ever tried to just let someone think they are right even when you know they're wrong? It's not easy to do at first, but it's actually quite freeing. In time (usually) the truth will be revealed and they'll realize they were wrong. Chances are they'll be more likely to say "hey, you were right" and less defensively because you didn't put up a fight.
Too bad we can't change or eliminate all the Little Misses in our lives, but we can look at ourselves and examine our own motives. We can practise the use of sayings like "you could be right" or "please forgive me, I was wrong" and in doing so, make the world a bit better place. Well......I can't help it if I'm right!!!
