Life is full of ups and downs. When things are looking good, everyone seem to take the smooth-sailing for granted. But when things turn bleak, suddenly everybody sits up and pay attention. Things then begin falling apart and the name-calling starts. I guess it’s human nature to push the blame onto others rather than looking at themselves first, and that usually results in conflicts. With that, it’s no holds barred.
Small fights often snowball into full-on conflicts if left unmanaged. There’s a Chinese saying that roughly translates to “When you have a hole in your roof, it rains endlessly”. So it appears that when something bad happens, more is to follow. And while their effects may not be felt first-hand, they can no doubt affect the morale of the people around too. I used to think that I was invulnerable to emotional swings. But I was wrong.
Personally, I hate conflicts because whether or not I’m involved in them, I feel ill at ease when put into such situations. While I may be emotionally stable, when bad things happen, they get to me like everyone else. To be emotionally resilient means having the ability to quickly bounce back from the troughs. The longer a person stays in an emotional ditch, the harder it gets to climb out. So, I tell myself not to stay down and out for too long.
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