{"id":1354,"date":"2012-09-07T10:09:46","date_gmt":"2012-09-07T14:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayspirituality\/?p=1354"},"modified":"2012-09-06T10:22:20","modified_gmt":"2012-09-06T14:22:20","slug":"an-argument-disguised-as-self-righteousness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2012\/09\/an-argument-disguised-as-self-righteousness.html","title":{"rendered":"An Argument Disguised as Self-Righteousness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever caught yourself wanting to be right?<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever caught yourself wanting to have it your way?<\/p>\n<p>Never works, does it?<\/p>\n<p>Even if we are right, or do get our way,<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayspirituality\/2012\/08\/traditions-to-pass-on.html\"> life inevitably moves on<\/a> and we have to find another right or way.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of arguing to be right or get our way, let\u2019s argue on the side of a<a href=\"http:\/\/healingsciencetoday.wordpress.com\/2012\/07\/26\/no-blips-or-burps-in-life\/\"> universal<\/a> right or way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever caught yourself wanting to be right? 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