"The places to begin acquiring the skills and maturity and generosity to avoid or to resolve conflicts are in our own homes, our personal relationships, our schools, our workplaces, and wherever decisions are made. We must relinquish the desire to own other people, to have power over them, and to force our views on to them. We must own up to our own negative side and not look for scapegoats to blame, punish, or exclude. We must resist the urge towards waste and the accumulation of possessions.
Conflicts are inevitable and must not be repressed or ignored but worked through painfully and carefully. We must develop the skills of being sensitive to oppression and grievances, sharing power in decision making, creating consensus, and making reparation."
Aotearoa/New Zealand Yearly Meeting, 1987
More at http://qfp.quakerweb.org.uk/qfp24-10.html
Artwork from Eleni Kalorkoti
https://www.elenikalorkoti.com/
Conflicts are inevitable and must not be repressed or ignored but worked through painfully and carefully. We must develop the skills of being sensitive to oppression and grievances, sharing power in decision making, creating consensus, and making reparation."
Aotearoa/New Zealand Yearly Meeting, 1987
More at http://qfp.quakerweb.org.uk/qfp24-10.html
Artwork from Eleni Kalorkoti
https://www.elenikalorkoti.com/
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