Fight the Good Fight

There is no shortage of arguments out there.  People complain all the time.  Some say special interest groups are running the world.  Kids can often be found bickering because someone has gotten in their way or spoiled a moment of fun.  We try to teach them to how to problem solve, and we teach it often, or so it seems.  But what are we fighting and arguing for?  Perhaps it is not so much about solving conflicts, but knowing when to pick one.

Really, when you stop and think about it, are the things we are fighting about honest, pure, true, life-changing for others?  As old King Solomon said so many years ago (and the Byrds echoed in their 1966 hit song), "To every thing, there is a season".  So my question for the new year, and as we remember Martin Luther King Jr. this week, are we fighting a fight worth fighting?  Is it going to have a lasting, positive effect on our life, on our education, our relationships, our kids?  Or, maybe, it is time to shift a few priorities.

All the best for 2011,
Andrew