A Balanced Approach

Definition – A Balancing Act: A difficult situation in which you try to achieve several different things at the same time.  
Use: Keeping both sides in the dispute happy was a difficult juggling act, which required an extraordinary degree of diplomacy.

I’m not sure if I liked it better before call display or not. Don’t you hate when you hear the phone, look at the caller, and your heart sinks a little because you know that, at some point in the call, you are going to have to get into a difficult conversation that is over a highly charged and contentious issue, and that you have been dealt the cards for trying to deal with it. Mainly because everyone else has become fed up, dug their heels in, and failed to move forward.

GAH!

I got a call I’ve been hoping wouldn’t come. It started off pleasantly, and I thought we might get through it without really getting into the topic, but then he asked…”Do you have any other concerns that you want to discuss?”

I have no idea whether or not the caller had seen some data I’ve circulated closer to home, but I had to assume that perhaps he had, and it would be unethical and deceitful of me to avoid the topic.

So yes, I had some concerns.

A long call later, did we resolve anything?

No, not really, but at least the caller knows that I have some reservations and we can move forward a little less heavy handed than others have tried. I’m hoping that education and rational discussion can slowly lead to some shifts in thinking. But there are so many other confounding factors.

I’m probably being naïve.

Balance.

It’s never easy, is it.

I found this little Inuksuk on a  stump on our walk through the Capilano River Regional Park yesterday. I love finding little treasures like this! They have an interesting history, although they have become more common since the Winter Olympics held here in 2010.

More on inuksuit can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuksuk

114 photos in 2014 – #8: Balanced/Balancing