Humor As A Tool In Non-Violent Conflict Resolution

You're receiving this email because you are a DailyGood subscriber. Trouble Viewing? On a mobile? Just click here. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe.

July 8, 2014 a project of ServiceSpace Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you. - Langston Hughes - Humor As A Tool In Non-Violent Conflict Resolution Humor can be very effective in establishing a human connection between parties in a conflict, and thereby defusing the conflict itself, though it can be very hard to remember when the heat is really on. In fact humor is a time-honored strategy in the repertoire of nonviolence. But like any strategy it has to be appropriately applied. And that means exposing the folly in what someone is doing without ridiculing the person or the group they belong to: "humor but not humiliation." It's a fine line to tread. { read more } Be The Change We all have a clown inside, perhaps our best inner friend! Try treading that fine line of humor this week in any tense situation. First, find it for yourself, then give it intelligent expression. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Man & Dog: A Picture that Moved the World No Greater Joy: Photos from Around the World There's More to Life Than Being Happy Barbara Kingsolver On How to Be Hopeful The College Course That's Changing Lives Relationships Are More Important than Ambition 16 Habits of Exuberant Human Beings 6 Habits of Highly Grateful People DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 147,601 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More