Being right or being happy

We each have a viewpoint on issues that are important to us. These viewpoints are developed as part of our belief system. Our beliefs are based upon experience and what we decide is true about the world. We may want to impose our beliefs upon others around us for various reasons. Perhaps we think that these beliefs would be beneficial to others or would make our own lives easier. We may go out of our way to get others to accept what we believe, even to the point of stirring up feelings of frustration, anger, and disappointment in ourselves when this does not happen. You may eventually learn that the belief you held on to so strongly has changed with new information and experience and you paid a high emotional price trying to get others to accept your point of view. During this time your feelings of happiness were at a low level and you wondered what the source of the problem was. Would you rather spend your time being right or being happy? What can you do to change this if you need to do so?