Conflict

Sorry it has been a while since my last post. I’ve busy helping my Dad through a rough patch and time has been at a minimum. As you may know, I’m a member of a writing group online. This week’s topic was all about creating conflict for our characters. It got me to thinking about the conflict we all face in our own everyday lives.

There are many types of conflict. There’s inner conflict, conflict between humans and nature, conflict between individuals and families, and conflict caused by mere circumstances. Regardless of the conflict that arises, just like characters in a novel, we have to make choices and decisions on how to deal with the conflict in order to move forward in our lives.

Conflict can stop you dead in your tacks. It can inflict havoc on your mind, body, and soul. In any good novel conflict is what keeps the reader turning the pages. Like characters in a book, how we deal with conflict has a profound effect on our future.

When faced with conflict take time to stop and consider your actions. If you react too suddenly, you may just set yourself up for further conflict, which might possibly be avoided.

Consider your options carefully when faced with conflict, just like a writer must consider how a character will react to events in order to create more conflict, we in our real lives must consider how to react so that we avoid creating further conflict.

As my mom used to say, “Don’t pray there be no conflicts in your life, but pray you will make the right decisions when it hits you in the face.”

Have a blessed day.

Granny