Doing my morning meditation, trying to restore peace from yesterday’s argument. 24 hours has softened the edges: is my opinion really that important, worth the escalation? Maybe at the beginning the intention was good, then once the quarrel started, it became the stake in the ground, ego taking over. That shift of standing your ground makes you forget how you find the common ground at the beginning, is it worth it to set that stake in the ground?
Whether you are daughter or mother, son or father, husband or wife, to be right is not as important as to be loving, win the battle but lose the war. Maybe just keep the intention as it is, maybe pause the thought for a moment before acting, maybe not every thought worth pursuing, maybe find a different way to communicate and be receptive. Don’t yield the good intention to ego, and feel entitled for impulsive action.
Pause for a moment between thought and action. After all, love will wrap up all the right and wrong, melting into space and time, pure and clean.