Giving in to others simply to avoid conflict puts us in conflict with ourselves. We cannot please everyone else and ourselves simultaneously. In most cases, acquiescing to the wants or demands of others in an attempt to make them happy, in spite of our own happiness, has the opposite affect on us. It may prevent immediate … Continue reading Truth Demands Conflict
We live in a world full of broken people, but we need not be broken by them. Some people are so unhappy that their only goal from day to day is to make others unhappy as well. They go out of their way to pull others into their misery. By intentionally causing conflict, they draw … Continue reading Drawn Into Conflict
Quite often in life, the things we want to do and the things we must do will be in conflict with one another. If we are upset about this conflict, if we resist it and fight back against it, it will not change the things that we must do. We still must do them. It … Continue reading Internal Non-Violence
We will never be comfortable with who we are if we consistently do things in our lives that go against our values. Sometimes it is difficult to truly know what our values are, however. Our values come from all different places, some of which are influencing us without us even knowing it. We each have … Continue reading Our Quiet Values
Every day, we have the choice to treat others in a way that builds them up and makes them feel important, included, and involved, or to behave toward others in a way that puts them down and makes them feel small, insignificant, and irrelevant. It does not take much effort to see which of these … Continue reading Mutual Uplifting
