Taking a holiday from conflict—either from managing them or resolving them—is something too many of us are engaged in too regularly.
A holiday is supposed to be a break and a time of renewal, yes, but it is also to be a time of mindfulness, refocusing, reframing, and rededicating ourselves, our behavior, our thoughts, and our feelings toward the future.
As has been recently said, holidays are a time on, not a time off.
Holidays are also a time for genuine celebration.
Celebrations come with different traditions, but practicing traditions (such as taking a day off) without understanding or appreciating the deeper meaning behind them, is hollow religion of the worst kind.
With that being stated work (or at least our modern conception of work) is considered a practice that a holiday is a break from.
But some of the best work is performed when a person is engaged with mindfulness, refocusing, reframing, and rededication to the outcomes, people, and relationships that matter.
Taking a holiday from conflict management, or from pursuing resolution, is a practice worthy of being abolished.
Go to work.
The original founders behind holidays—particularly those focused around renewal, unification, and reconciliation—would want you to go to work.
