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.