Am I right?

I have a confession to make-I should make several, but there is one in particular. I am obsessed with being right. I question everything in the light of my rightness "Are my actions right?", "Is my thinking right?", "Is my motivation right?", "Am I right with so and so?", "Am I right with the Lord?" I think this internal struggle can be good to keep us in check and on the path God has for us, but I believe some (like me) can take it to an unhealthy and unrealistic degree. I think this is so because it often robs me of joy, peace, and even sometimes sleep.
Lately I have thought a lot about "Am I right?" there are circumstances in my life lately that have turned my world upside down. I have been questioning everything because of it-my joy, my pain, my actions, my decisions, even wonderful gifts God has dumped in my lap-you name it. Through this rollercoaster of self-examination and self-doubt I have come upon, what is for me, a profound conclusion: even at our best we can never be totally right. Everything we do is touched by imperfection. To assume that all my actions,thoughts, decisions are proper is madness. What an idiot I am to set my self-expectations to such an impossible degree. The standard is simply too high-it can only lead to failure. To obsess over perfection is a futile waste of time.

I have received a lot of comfort from this thought. So now instead of saying "Am I right?" I ask "Did I try my best to be right?"  and I trust in the grace of God to take care of the rest.