Working Together

Life is a compromise of what your ego wants to do, 

what experience tells you to do, 

and what your nerves let you do.  

~Bruce Crampton

Working Together
You are not isolated on an island which means you are going to have to work with people, sometimes lots of them, during your day.  Some people you may get along with great while others not so much because their opinions, beliefs or the way the go about something doesn't sit right with you.  Your ideals may be challenged and your emotions may get set off.  How do you handle this when it happens?  Do you dig your heels in the sand and remain unmovable or do you give a little to see where you can find some common ground?  Working together, finding commonality, and accomplishing a goal is a part of learning how to traverse through life.  If you get so stuck in your opinions just for the sake of being stubborn, it can have dire consequences.  Understand why you are feeling the way that you do and walk forward in a way that allows you to not give up your ideals but maybe changing the look of them for the betterment of the whole situation.  On the flip side, also understand when you are asking others to give up something too.  Working together takes compromise, on both ends, and everyone should be giving a little, not just one side of the situation.  You never know what you can learn from someone if your eyes and ears are shut and your arms are crossed.


Somewhere a lot of people disregarded the value of truly working together.  Somewhere it became okay to call each other names, disrespect each other and not listen to everyone's opinions.  We are currently watching that unfold in front of us at our highest level of government.  Maybe all of us need to model the way for those making these decisions.  Maybe it's time we start working on the art of compromise in our own lives to mirror what should be happening all around. Let's not forget the simple lessons we learned in the sandbox, the art of sharing and compromise, and hold ourselves and others up to a higher standard.  


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http://news.yahoo.com/giffords-bipartisan-message-063300572.html