This afternoon I had a late lunch with family - over lunch, conversation went from catching up to heated words. The real issue not particularly addressed or identified - individual points being attacked and no real communication happening.
Reflecting on the lunch afterwards, I am the sheepish tiger - wishing I had caught myself and stopped the tiger from rising. Had I only observed the conversation and not fed it, perhaps there would have been a different outcome?
Apologies made, we part - seemingly in peace.
Yet, it is hours before I am calm again...
Grateful today for
my mate and his wise observations of the lunch,
my own reflections of the 'tiger' within,
and for new understandings.
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