How are you at seeing more than two sides, seeing alternatives, seeing opportunities, seeing common ground?

A peace keeper sometimes plays the role of a mediator, helping people see more than two sides to a disagreement. I wanted to walk in harmony with people and my surroundings. I feel I’m here to learn how to express my individuality in harmony with the whole of God’s creation.

Example: Just in my childhood years I transitioned from fighting to walking away to mediating. I never have understood why some people like to pick fights. These were just normal kid fights, usually just words. But one time two of us bit each other. Our parents certainly had something to say about that one. I fought back in equal measure. If they quit, I’d quit. Finally, I learned to just walk away in the first place and simply refuse to engage. The worst thing we did to other people was hide in the trees and throw water balloons at passing cars. The parents put an end to that one, also.

In those days kids were expected to entertain themselves. We were sent out after breakfast and expected back for the evening meal. Of course, we usually showed up at someone’s house for lunch. Other than that, mostly no adults knew what we were up to, unless we got in trouble. And a lot of times we worked the trouble out ourselves so our parents wouldn’t find out. Based on some of our group games, I’ll say there were twelve kids in the neighborhood. Although, we were usually in groups of two or three. I started out to talk about harmony. When I wasn’t directly involved in the fighting, I was quite often the mediator. I felt if people looked at things from more than two sides, they could usually find some common ground. This came in handy when I was working as an adult and quite often placed myself in the role of mediator.