Be Like A Palm Tree

Originally Posted on August 23, 2015   

    

Don’t we spend far too much of our day ‘Competing’ with others in countless ways?  It amazes me how often I compete with Kim to be right in our c0nversations and therefore convince her she must be wrong.  When I can catch myself doing this, I stop, pause, and try to remember the palm tree in order to choose a more ’Flexible and Generous’ approach to our debate, whatever it is.  I try to think why not be flexible like the palm tree that can survive in the hurricane by bending in the strongest of winds where the stiff oak is ripped from the ground?  Believe it or not, it helps, like it did just now while entering this blog together.  HA!  As well, we get so much more from each other when we practice being generous toward each other by remaining silent and trying our very best to truly understand each other’s point of view versus listening in order to counter or persuade.