Knowing motive matters helps solve conflicts and reduces recovery time from mis-communications
Red daughter had just completed printing a stack of documents. Blue Mom picked one of the papers up to inspect it. When she put it down Red daughter noticed a smudge from a fingerprint and tactlessly asserted in Red form, "Mom! I can't believe you got stuff all over it! Blue Mom said, "Well, I didn't do it on purpose! "I'll just print it over again", growed Red. "I am very sorry, but don't talk to me that way!", was Blues reply.
Thirty minutes later Blue Mom went up behind Red daughter sitting at the computer and printer and said, "I want to share something with you, you will find interesting. Are you still thinking about the fight we had 30 minutes ago? "
"Are you kidding me?" "What fight?" "Don't tell me you are...
"Yes, I am....... still thinking about it." Blue Mom has an "aha" moment and says, "I am so thankful to know we are just different!"
They both laughed, let it go, and had a great afternoon.
Motive does matter in relationships. Understanding how we see life different helps us be more gentle and forgiving of one another.
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