Face it, people love conflict. We were born of it, and revel in its glory. Our ascendancy within society is based on coping and overcoming conflict. The winner is, without question, that individual who is superb and expert manager of conflict.
Conflict arises easily, and when conflict is absent, it is fabricated. Soap operas are conflicts conceived from raw and base emotions; jealousy, hate and love. These surge, endlessly sloshing back and forth between our ears daily, and may even haunt dreams with their restless energy.
Solutions arise only after wrangling down our emotions and, transiently hog tied, these tempestuous emotions constantly gnaw away to regain freedom, and when released, wreck havoc on the undisciplined mind. Solutions can reside only in the tethered mind, secure from raging anxiety.
Nowadays, society is raging with conflicts that are scurrying, ping ponging between our ears. Distraction only mildly describes them. Yet, in order that we survive and find our way to the light and happy days within that Shining City on the Hill, we need calm and some navigable sense toward solutions.
As far as rating solutions, there are the transient, band-aid throw conflicts in the closet or under the rug; only the dim-witted persist in tripping or shoving the door closed. Long term, effective solutions are the Holy Grail so many seek.
Yet the course to viable solutions begins with a single and provocative step; Define the problem. Only with a perfected, unambiguous statement of a problem can we even begin to consider racking our tiny brains to outline a solution. Even then, in order for a solution to be tenable, we must set forth a set of expectations for any solutions effect.
So wrestling our emotions into submission, defining the problem and setting expectations are the initial first steps to frame a viable solution. As with so much else in life, we must navigate our way to that point. Prospective or theoretical solutions require resources and those who are truly committed to solutions it is necessary to provide a manifest of resources present and which resources we must still acquire.
Arduous, but necessary for those dedicated to finding solutions.
Once we have tallied required resources, we then start assembling prospective solutions and weight them against constraints we will encounter. Constraints are Gremlin-omniscient entities dedicated to sabotaging best efforts to implement solutions. The "peanut gallery", naysayers and pessimists - the persistent nagging and fierce adversaries of improvement.
Conflict arises easily, and when conflict is absent, it is fabricated. Soap operas are conflicts conceived from raw and base emotions; jealousy, hate and love. These surge, endlessly sloshing back and forth between our ears daily, and may even haunt dreams with their restless energy.
Solutions arise only after wrangling down our emotions and, transiently hog tied, these tempestuous emotions constantly gnaw away to regain freedom, and when released, wreck havoc on the undisciplined mind. Solutions can reside only in the tethered mind, secure from raging anxiety.
Nowadays, society is raging with conflicts that are scurrying, ping ponging between our ears. Distraction only mildly describes them. Yet, in order that we survive and find our way to the light and happy days within that Shining City on the Hill, we need calm and some navigable sense toward solutions.
As far as rating solutions, there are the transient, band-aid throw conflicts in the closet or under the rug; only the dim-witted persist in tripping or shoving the door closed. Long term, effective solutions are the Holy Grail so many seek.
Yet the course to viable solutions begins with a single and provocative step; Define the problem. Only with a perfected, unambiguous statement of a problem can we even begin to consider racking our tiny brains to outline a solution. Even then, in order for a solution to be tenable, we must set forth a set of expectations for any solutions effect.
So wrestling our emotions into submission, defining the problem and setting expectations are the initial first steps to frame a viable solution. As with so much else in life, we must navigate our way to that point. Prospective or theoretical solutions require resources and those who are truly committed to solutions it is necessary to provide a manifest of resources present and which resources we must still acquire.
Arduous, but necessary for those dedicated to finding solutions.
Once we have tallied required resources, we then start assembling prospective solutions and weight them against constraints we will encounter. Constraints are Gremlin-omniscient entities dedicated to sabotaging best efforts to implement solutions. The "peanut gallery", naysayers and pessimists - the persistent nagging and fierce adversaries of improvement.
Once constraints have been remedied, it is reasonable to assemble the remaining solutions and begin examining consequences , especially those described as unintended consequences.
Having invested a considerable quantity of time and effort to this process, it is clear why few are willing to look for solutions and remain a devotee to the indolent practice of criticizing. Hard work in itself is difficult and humans are extraordinarily equipped to avoid it and find ever more clever ways to avoid it.
Thomas Edison had a sign in his lab: "Because such thinking is often difficult, there seems to be no limit to which some people will go to avoid the effort and labor that is associated with it..."
Whereby we have much in the way of criticism and little in the way of solutions, all this thinking has given me a terrible headache and I must lay down somewhere to refresh myself.
Say isn't it tea time? Earl Grey anyone?
PC Young
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