Divine words of wisdom

Below is a lecture on the philosophy of conflict.

I think people need to understand the philosophy of conflict whether cultural or otherwise.

People only ever think of running away or avoiding conflict, but isn't conflict the best requirement for subsequent peace or resolution or henceforth successful communication and interaction? This logic or philosophy is the same as that of failure and what J.K Rowling said in her speech. People fear failure and make all sorts of plans to make sure they dont come face to face with it. Yet it is failure and conflict and other depressive episodes that test your mettle and what you are made of, it even refines and polishes them so that you get stronger and more battle harden for the next one.

I'm not saying you should go out and intentionally get into a conflict with anybody on the street for no reason. I'm not advocating the practice of conflict; rather I am advocating the right perspective of conflict everybody should subscribe to. Which means you do try to some extent to avoid conflict, but yet recognize that no plan is conflict proof; no success is failure proof either. Being realistic and mentally prepared for conflict and failure is what I or any self-help book will urge; having fortitude when conflict and failure arise to our disconcert is even more important. That should be the essence of the lesson on intercultural conflicts Brad gave in class. You should not naively think that knowledge about what the causes and pitfalls of intercultural conflicts are will forever protect us from getting into one ourselves. If Brad was trying to teach that, or everybody misinterprets the lesson and fail to put it into wider philosophical perspective, that is the most pitiful thing!

The underlying message of the intercultural lesson was not about the avoidance of conflict so much as it is about the mental strength and absolute perspective in times of conflict, because after all, conflict is what drives human survival, evolution, adaptation, and ultimately success.

You are only as good as your last conflict, do you know that?

Cheers
Que bravo