Resolve conflicts with love and laughter
Disagreements and fights are inevitable in the journey of life. In a situation where there are many ups and downs, the best thing to do would be to wait for things to resolve on their own and laugh it away.
My late mother in law lived in a joint family and never had a serious conflict with anyone. She followed the simple practice of remaining silent and quiet without blaming anyone for anything. As she was a kind hearted soul, people realised their mistakes, if any and without anyone even apologising for anything, things came back to normalcy and mini conflicts began being shared as jokes in the family kitty. Laughing it off is in fact the greatest way to resolve anything in life, especially conflicts.
This does not mean that we do this forcibly. There is of course something called laughter therapy nowadays. Without belittling this, I definitely believe that something forced on anyone can never be as something that is natural. Again, laughing at someone can never be a good thing for then it could be seen as sarcasm. However, laughing together at our own selves can be both healing and bonding
This itself could be the first and very important step. It is said that laughter is the best medicine. This is a truism in all areas of life wherever people are involved whether it is personal or professional distress or distress in a group that comes from conflict. This is perhaps why even companies have games in which laughter is involved periodically.
After this one could shift the focus from the current situation to earlier times of positive moments where there was sharing and caring in the same group. This is definitely something that is bound to increase the focus to a positive life together and therefore the chances of conflict resolution does take place.
We must know that relationships are the benchmark of life and hence, working on these and resolving conflicts if and when they occur is something we all can definitely give some priority to. We look at others and often think they have no problems. This is not true. Everyone has problems. It is just that they have learnt to resolve problems, including conflicts as and when they happen to take place. In many cases, conflicts even make bonds stronger.
Ultimately, it is only when we care, that we do something about anything. It is perhaps easier to write off anyone with whom one has a conflict. This is again perhaps the reason for high divorce rates all over the world. On the other side, again without belitting any serious issue, conflicts, especially those that are minor in nature can and do need to be resolved in a world that is increasingly becoming acrimonious in nature. We need to remember that conflicts do not happen automatically. We definitely had a role to play in it and can indeed resolve it too with the attitude we have suggested.
Anything, including conflict resolution is indeed possible if we wish for it sincerely.
