The right to an opinion doesn’t make our opinion right.
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Leonardo da Vinci once said, “The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.”
We see this all the time whether it’s watching TV, scrolling through social media, gathering around the water cooler, or hanging out with family and friends.
Just because we have an opinion on something doesn’t mean we are right.
We can be extremely passionate about something and that still doesn’t mean we’re impartial, objective, logical, unbiased, or even factual.
Having an opinion doesn’t mean we’ve thought it out or processed information correctly.
There is a difference between Truth and opinions but unfortunately, all too often we pass on our opinions as Truth. We live out our truth and force others to accept our truth as The Truth.
Even if our opinions are fact-based doesn’t mean that 100% of our opinions are Truth, nor does it mean that we’ve processed and interpreted all those facts correctly.
Why does this matter?
Because too often we are intolerant of others, damage relationships, or lose opportunities to make a positive impact because we treat our opinions as the Truth.
The right to an opinion doesn’t make our opinion right.