This is http://www.essayz.com/a9604061.htm Previous-Essay <== This-Essay ==> Following-Essay Click HERE on this line to find essays via Your-Key-Words. {Most frequent wordstarts of each essay will be put here.} ========================================================== %RESOLVE CONFLICT BETWEEN PEOPLE DESIRES BELIEFS+960406 %INTENTIONS EXPECTATIONS IDEALS VALUES NATIONS 960406 To resolve conflicts it may be necessary to recognize the nature of those realities which can be in conflict and are in conflict with each other. A rock cannot be in conflict with the sky. A person cannot be in conflict with the number six. What realities can be in conflict? Many combinations of the following can be in conflict with each other---but not necessarily all combinations among the following can be in conflict with each other; especially in the absence of people. PEOPLE IDEALS VALUES REQUIREMENTS DESIRES HOPES INTENTIONS EXPECTATIONS PLANS GOALS ORGANIZATIONS NATIONS DEMANDS BELIEFS COMMANDMENTS PREREQUISITES To creatively resolve conflicts we may need to recognize, name and talk about the ways in which conflicts involve such as the above realities being in conflict with each other within individuals, communities and their relationships. Different conflicts may need to be resolved in different ways---because they involve the above realities within individuals, communities and their relationships in different ways; and in different combinations. Unlike circumstances may require unlike strategies for conflict resolution. (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy) ==========================================================