What if I'm Wrong?

We are clearly living in a divided world. How we negotiate the external unrest within ourselves has a huge impact on our mental health. 

One of the things I've been reminding myself, and clients of, is that the work we do on ourselves is work that we do for the world. When engaged in therapy or any type of personal transformation work, we are tapping into a higher vibration. This practice (whether we do anything with it or not) creates a shift and brings light into the world. 

Another practice I've been using for myself is to simply allow myself to wonder about being wrong. Whether I'm wrong about what's happening in this country, or wrong about the name of the restaurant we went to last night, or wrong in using a comma in my writing, the theory is the same. 

Many years ago,my teacher, Christine Caldwell, at Naropa University, said that the biggest addiction we have in this country is the addiction to being right. 
The attachment to being right takes a huge toll on our systems. It leads to justifying and defending ourselves, to trying to figure out a million little things and to wanting people to believe what we do and to control what we often cannot control. When we try and control what we cannot control, we wind up feeling out of control. And who wants that?
This rigidity in our belief system translates to rigidity in the body. Softening your posture can help loosen the attachment to your beliefs. 
We can also wonder about being wrong. What would it be like if we didn’t have to take such a strong stance? What if we didn’t have to convince others that we are right?
What’s so scary about being wrong anyway? 
It's worth an inquiry- what would happen if you were wrong? And,by the way, I’m not saying you are. But who knows what you’ll uncover or discover simply by asking the question?