This Makes All the Difference, But Most Never See It!




Both the hummingbird and vulture fly over this land of ours. 

All vultures see is rotting meat, because that is what they look for to eat. They thrive on that diet.

But hummingbirds ignore the smelly rotting flesh of dead animals. Instead, they look for the colorful blossoms of beautiful flowers. All alive and thriving. 

The vultures live on what was. They live on the past. The fill themselves with what is dead and gone.

Hummingbirds live on the vibrance of what is. They seek new life. They fill themselves up with freshness and beauty.

Each bird finds what it is looking for. We all do!

What are YOU looking to feast on?

~Author Unknown

In Life as In Conflict...

This approach of getting what you are looking for is a discipline, a practice. 

Do you look for the solution within the conflict, or do you constantly get distracted by the problem?

Do you focus on what you can do in a situation, or are you paralyzed by what you can't do?

Do you take responsibility, or place blame?

Are you exercise agency over yourself, or do you defer that agency to some one or thing outside of yourself?

These are important things to not only consider, but to act on... To practice and train...

That practice becomes a habit...



If you want to build a new habit and learn to defend yourself start HERE! www.sixdaydefense.com 


Keep Going,
~Craig


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