I Hate To Be Right...
60I hate to be right. Being right makes me look smarter than you are. And that really hurts you, I know.
I hate to be right. Being right doesn’t really prove that I won something, rather prove that you lost certain judgement this time, again, as usual.
I hate to be right. I hate that I have the sense that makes me predict things so correctly like a sidekick. I hate the fact that I was born with such a talent. Believe me, I would rather not having such a magical talent, it is actually not fun. Being right doesn’t mean that something is certainly right. Indeed, I am always right on something that is going to be wrong or so so screw up, and it usually ends up wrong in real, especially when you don’t believe in that and still insist me to proof it.....
I hate to be right. Every time when I’ve sensed something is not going to be good I always make a bet to myself –– I swear I rather loss bet than proof myself right again. Winning such a bet never like hitting a jackpot. It’s sad to tell you that my sense of being always right does not constitute any luck for lotto tickets.
When I have such an ability of being always right, then I am not allow to miss predict any upcoming crisis by any chance. In fact, I didn’t even do anything wrong, just my “being right sense” happens to take a little vacation so I won’t be able to warn you that something is going to be wrong this time.... I am sorry for not being a perfect person. It seems to me that either being right or not being right always cause frustration. I am so frustrated about having such a fate.
I hate to be God damn right! God damn it! What’s wrong with being always right?....
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Yxhuang, I think I know what you mean. It's easier to be accepted than to be right, if everyone else is wrong.
Thanks! Aya.
You are very welcome. It makes more sense in light of your other hubs. Now I am curious as to what the picture is. Thanks for Hubbing.
TKIMWRSVC- Those are my calligraphy writings. I wrote it in anger and it is purely my complaint to live.
My husband is a sculptor. There was a time he practiced Chinese calligraphy in order to incorporate the spirit and methods of script writings into his metal sculpture creations. He told me that practicing calligraphy can really calm one down and he strongly recommended me to try. I have tried for a month and I told him that if all the men in this house (this means my husband and my two boys) don't drive me crazy daily then I really don't need to practice calligraphy. There is a part of phrase: "Doing a good deed doesn't constitute a good Karma." This is actually a very well-known Chinese saying. It happened to me very frequent so I sometimes wonder if it would make my life easier and happier if I just turn myself into a "thick face, black heart" person?
Here is my husband's calligraphic sculpture "Sculpt-Script Series": http://web.mac.com/jin8feng/Site/Sculpture/Pages/S
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yxhuang,
When I know I'm right, It's sometimes hard to refrain from saying I told you so. It makes me sound so righteous, and the person who was wrong feels like a fool, so I say it silently to myself. I figure the person realizes that he/she was wrong, and will sometimes admit it.
Your husband's sculptures are absolutely beautiful!!! Thanks so much for sharing.
Trish: I have this article written in Chinese originally and I translated it into English. In reality I happened to have a special sense to detect certain things (most likely bad things cause by people I felt uncomfortable to be with) might happen and most of the time I was damn right. My husband did not believe in me at the first place, until several bad incidents really hit him so badly then he started to ask my advice.
Therefore, I don't like to be right. And I can't always have the special sense to detect everything that is going to happen to my life. My instinct only comes in limited time.
I agree with you that sometimes hard to refrain from saying "I told you so". I also found a strange theory by seeing some people resist getting advice from others because when they screw up things they don't want to hear someone said to them "I told you so".
Thanks for commenting. I'll also past your message to my husband. He loves to show off his work. :)
Hi yxhuang,
I think you're right about people resist getting advice, or even asking for it for exactly that reason.
His work deserves showing off :)
TKIMWRSVC says:
13 months ago
Not sure what the hub is intending