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Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 21:07:24 EST
MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 1/24/2005 7:02:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, donnajacobsife@OPTUSNET.COM.AU writes: > It seems to me that peace is not about the absence of conflict, rather the > wise resolution of conflict. I like the idea that conflict 'is the father > of all things' - it gives birth to the potential for peace, for growth, for > broadening. Can anyone think of a story that reflects these ideas, and can > serve to inspire at the same time? > Hi Donna, The first story that came to mind is a Zen Tale called The Gift of Insults Zen Stories to Tell Your Neighbors http://www.rider.edu/~suler/zenstory/insults.html Another story which might work is More Than A Match by Aaron Shepard, written under his pen name of Aaron Piper many years ago. I used this tale during a series of performances on conflict resolution last year. The story can be found at: More Than a Match http://www.aaronshep.com/stories/001.html Aaron is very generous with his permission to tell. Good luck. warm wishes, Karen Chace www.storybug.net ------------------------------- To Unsubscribe from Healingstory send the message: unsubscribe healingstory to: listserv@maelstrom.stjohns.edu ------------------------------- | ||