Day: October 7, 2014

“Would you rather be right, or would you rather be happy?” My friend kindly cut me with her question, because she wanted more for me than what I was choosing. We’d spent almost an hour sitting and talking, and I was using our time to explain that someone I cared about was hurting me. I had offered my case, qualifying each piece of my pain with a justification for why they needed to see things my way and change.  Right or happy? Were these mutually exclusive? Was my demand to… Continue reading Why Am I So Defensive?