It's another sunny day in the rain forest. I peaked at the garden today and my strawberries are ripening, but my basil has died. I will uproot it tomorrow and put it in the compost. Looking ahead at my schedule tomorrow it looks like I have a busy day. I go to volunteer at the Metis office, and then I'm going to a presentation about the Indian Act. Somewhere in that schedule I need to find time for a walk.
People who know me know that I don't like conflict. That doesn't mean I won't deal with conflict when it arises, it just means that I don't like it. I always joke with David that I'm a lover, not a fighter. Essentially that is true though, I would rather be around people who want to have fun rather than people who argue for the sake of arguing. When people begin a verbal tug of war it becomes a competition about who is right. Life is not always about being right. Life is about love and connection with others. When people turn an argument into a whose right competition they lose that connection. In truth, we don't get a long with everybody nor should we but at some point in the argument somebody needs to say, "Let's agree to disagree" and leave it at that. Otherwise, the argument can take many strange, disconcerting, and disheartening forms and it doesn't benefit the people arguing or the people in the immediate vicinity.
To update you who want to know how my physical fitness training is going, I did 45 minutes on the Elliptical today. I feel empowered. I love to feel the burn!
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