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June 27
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The passion
for setting people right is, itself, a disease with the
self.
-- Marianne Moore |
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Many of us have a need to be
right. Usually this
stems from the inner cry,
"There is something wrong
with me." We then set
out to make ourselves right
by making someone else
wrong. We may plan
what to say. We may
canvass others to elicit
their support. In some
cases, we simply attack,
letting others know how
wrong they are and why we
think so.
Self-righteousness is an
affliction. It is an
inner desire to be accepted
and valued. It is a
camouflage for feelings of
worthlessness. No
matter how wrong another may
be, it will never make you
right. Self-value,
self-worth and self-esteem
cannot come as a result of
being the only right one.
It must come from knowing
who you are from within and
feeling good about it.
Europeans being wrong will
not make African people
right. Women being
wrong will not make men
right. White people
being wrong will not make
Native Americans right.
We must get right with
ourselves. Once we do,
we will have so much to do,
we will not have time to
keep track of who is wrong.
-- Iyanla Vanzant |
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I'm okay, you're okay, now
let's get to work. |
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