A dream...

we just concluded our team-building seminar this morning. one of the most stiring statements made in that session was

"conflicts are deemed a liability in a group but an enriching experience in a team"

among the first thoughts that crossed my mind was how different our society would be if we see some conflicts as good things rather than negative. that being said, i am of the opinion, contrary to many pundits, that “chaos” is good for politics, at least in the philippines. as GK Chesterton once quipped:

“It is a good sign in a nation when things are done badly. it shows that all the people are doing them. And it is bad sign in a nation when such things are done very well, for it shows that only a few experts and eccentrics are doing them, and that the nation is merely looking on.”

perhaps if our people tried thinking more like a team, we could build on and benefit from the many conflicts that come our way daily in politics, home, office, school, markets, etc. then again, we were speaking of a team, not a society. but wouldn't it be nice to try it in a larger scale like filipino society?