I’m travelling through Schiphol on the way to England to celebrate my Mum’s 80th birthday.
It promises to be a day of family togetherness, eating cake, (already started,) sharing a couple of drinks and often these days reflecting on our life long memories.
I picked up this book at the schiphol bookshop… it seems to be right ‘on topic’ to make a bit of sense in today’s conflict crazy world… I’m searching some inspiration, understanding for how to navigate this….
When we were kids I remember from time to time having a couple of brotherly conflicts,,, in Yorkshire we called them ‘scraps’. Pushing each other, wrestling to the ground, pinning each other down, struggling, getting the upper hand, then losing grip, fighting,,,, a bloody nose, not giving up,,, until our Mum arrived and fiercely demanded…
“Stop fighting!”
And then we ‘stopped fighting’.
As we grew up, we scrapped less and less,,,
Grown ups really don’t need to fight… right?
Same in our geo-political world, same in our business world and teams. Fighting is for children. Grown ups, stop children from fighting.
I’m wondering if my Mum’s approach to overcoming conflict are in this book. Let’s see.
We could certainly use more of her power and wisdom in our world these days.
A birthday wish for her….
Let’s find a way to fiercely demand a stop to the fighting.
Cheers Mum!
Happy birthday and thanks for your power and wisdom.
