List What You Know About Your Location (2)
By maestro. Filed in Productivity |
Through acknowledgment we can consciously collect the fuel and feed the fire. We are then able to weather the internal storm and emerge not only to rewrite the way we perceive the world but also to redefine our cultural stories. In the last one hundred years in the United States we have seen African Americans and women of all races creatively expand their stories and respond to the struggles of racism and sexism. By acknowledging the warring stories through discussions on human rights, societal roles, and equality, they have changed the larger cultural belief system. In just one hundred years, the expanded African American’s and woman’s story can now include the phrases, “I vote, I participate in the highest branches of government, I am wealthy and powerful. I now write rules for my society.”
To Explore
List everything you know about a conflict. What do you believe? What do your opponents believe? What is clashing? What are the constraints? What is causing you and others anxiety? Just as writing a to-do list when the workload becomes overwhelming eases the stress, pulling together what you now know about a situation helps move you toward resolution and away from exploding!
Taken From : The Way of Conflict—Elemental Wisdom for Resolving Disputes and Transcending Differences
