Certainty and the Need to be Right
We all want a certainty in our lives. We want to know that we will get something from what we put out. We want to know that we are right in our views, words, actions, etc. The thing is there is no certainty other than change. Things can change for the better. They can change for the worse. In the end it is all about change. Even death is just another form of change. That really is the all of this post, yet I feel the need to add more. The question is; what is the more? I don't understand my own desire for certainty sometimes. Why do I "have" to be right? Why do I "have" to get something in return? In all honestly the need to be right often is the bigger driver for me as I do a lot of things because they make me happy and that is the only expectation I have of those actions. This need to be right, just to focus on one of my biggest ones, drives a lot of different behaviors. It can be the root to some serious research on a topic. It can also lead to the te