Don’t Run From Disagreements
“He who has learned to disagree without being disagreeable has discovered the most valuable secret.” ~ Robert Estabrook
Not all disagreements are to be avoided. And they need not be difficult.
Disagreements mean one thing: you hold different points of view.
Yours isn’t right, theirs isn’t wrong, they’re just different.
If we all thought the same way, acted the same way, ate the same foods, or wore the same clothes, what a boring place this world would be.
Differences don’t necessarily mean difficulties.
Disagreements don’t necessarily mean conflict—they are opportunities to deepen understanding.
In fact, disagreements give us an opportunity to cut conflict off at the pass.
As long as we don’t run from it.
“The more we run from conflict, the more it masters us;
The more we try to avoid it, the more it controls us.
The less we fear conflict, the less it confuses us;
The less we deny our differences, the less they divide us.” ~David Augsburger