Hello Friends…
I have a good friend whose mission is to share a life lesson each time he talks to me. He feels compelled to enlighten me, and to help me see things differently. I always come away from having spent time with him just a happier person. I think it’s because he challenges me to see things from a different perspective. Sometimes he invites me to apply the SUMO method meaning ‘just suck it up and move on’! Those aren’t exactly his words but they seem to aptly fit what the letters mean to me. I giggle every time I think about that and always visualize not one but two SUMO wrestlers. Did you know that there is no weight class for SUMO wrestlers and they often find themselves squaring off in the ring against a much heftier opponent? Yet as you watch them both have amazing determination to win!
While it’s true in sports that the ultimate outcome is for someone to win, I don’t believe when engaging others that the goal should always be to win. Rather I like the philosophy of ‘you win– I win’. How we play the game enables that very outcome. A positive outcome occurs when the winning goal is focused on gaining mutual understanding and agreement. It’s possible that everyone we engage won’t play by these rules and we can’t achieve the outcome expected. If that happens, just ‘suck it up and move on’. Until next time…
Blondie
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