Often an attitude of "I'm right, you're wrong" and the ensuing separation, withdrawal, harsh words or even violence come from a need for self-protection. But protecting yourself through anger or withdrawal only creates more hurt and separation, which become even more difficult to undo.

Rather, you can satisfy your need for self-protection by handling the conflict through the strength and wisdom of your spiritual heart, which can never be hurt or injured.

Your innate wisdom can help you understand the motivations for your own reactivity and the reactivity of others, and you can more easily move into compassion. When you live from love, you may initially still feel the emotional imbalance that precedes a conflict, but you can learn to move back to the peace of your heart before the conflict escalates.

Loving leads to acceptance, which leads to peace, which leads to back to loving. Love and loving brings us back home to our true state of peace, well-being and joy.

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