Once a couple shared with me what they do when they find themselves reacting to each other. Whomever catches it first will yell out “turtle alert!!”. This is their code for — “honey, we are doing it again, lets just stop”. They also shared that ever since they agreed on using this code, their disagreements have shortened in lenght and in frquency. Like you said Kati, grace steps in!

When I react to a situation, a negative one to mention the type that you are referring to, I always find an observer inside of my mind who is watching how I immediately want to do something about it to make it “right”. Either say something, justify, defend. If I listen to that observer, the line that I hear is the one you mentioned “everyone is entitled to their opinion” and who am I to contradict that. I also find that if I am blessed by the grace of the moment, if I am in that space where all is well, then I can listen and find a tiny nugget of a lesson in it.

Thank you for continuing to inspire us.