Dale remarked on the use of the term "resistance".
>As people learn to see resistance as almost always
>*positive*, I'll be happy to start using the word again.
While I understand the connection with the intended "positive" idea of
resistance, there are too many examples which would otherwise indicate
that the "positive" effect is dependent upon which side one happens to be
on. World history is replete with resistance movements which if successful
would be praised and mythologized. If unsuccessful, they are simply
outcasts.
The idea of this thread seems to be delicately balanced between
definitiion and understanding. In meeting with clients, is resistance to
be seen as either good or bad? Win or lose? Einstein said that our
thinking creates problems which the same level of thinking cannot solve.
It is a difficult task or process to raise oneself, much less another, to
a "different level" of thinking, one which allows for non-resistance,
which is one more historical example to draw upon which might not be seen
as negative.
--Regards, John Constantine Rainbird Management Consulting Santa Fe, NM http://www.trail.com/~rainbird
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