shahab on Nostr: "Most people are usually in too much of a hurry to resolve conflicts. Because such ...

"Most people are usually in too much of a hurry to resolve conflicts. Because such conflicts are painful, and often involve suffering, we wish to escape them as quickly as possible. But this short-circuits the process. Waiting is an important part of learning. The teaching-learning process must involve acceptance and encouragement of prolonged periods of struggle and also of periods of seeming inactivity and lack of resolution. Because, to a certain extent, conflict, struggle, and the drive toward some form of resolution and interpretation are natural and daily occurrences, the affirmation and encouragement of waiting may be the most important thing we have to teach."

—Craig Dykstra