More on "Speak Peace in a World of Conflict"
Since we've agreed that everyone without exception does what they do because it meets their needs, the answer to changing our own behavior and maybe helping others to change theirs, is to find the needs the behavior meets and then look for ways to meet those needs in a better way - a way that meets the needs better and maybe makes the world a little better. That sounds pretty lofty to me but just maybe it could work.
Those folks whose behavior we want to change - what are their needs, what's going on with them. What do we want them to do differently (instead of just telling them to stop what they're doing)? Will what we want them to do differently meet their needs? When we want to change our own behavior, wouldn't it work best if we consciously knew why we were doing what we're doing and found a way to meet our needs in a better way?
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