Win/Win
or Lose/Lose?
Conflicts
inherently arise due to interaction among people. While interacting
amongst ourselves, exercising our rights, power or protecting our interest
we often come into conflicts. As much as conflicts are, by their very
nature undesirable, yet they offer opportunities for improvement and
growth. Conflicts can easily be controlled and resolved if handled
wisely as soon as they come into view, if not, they get complicated
and become thorny to handle. That is precisely the case in this year's
Harari festival.
The conflict
is again at the forefront. At this stage of the conflict, it is irrelevant
to focus on who’s to blame. Any effort by the parties involved
or mediators to resolve the conflict will not materialize unless the
parties assume a win/win position. Parties must engage in a civilized
dialogue and in good faith. If parties thoughtlessly assume a Win/Lose
position, the outcome will be evidently disastrous to all of us.
The Constitution
of the Federation was not far-reaching to adjudicate the conflict at
hand. Amending the constitution of the HSCF must be seriously considered.
We need a constitution that meets every conceivable eventuality and
challenges in the future. We have a moral duty to turn this unfortunate
experience into an opportunity for improvement and benefit from it.
After all, this annual event became part of us all. We call upon our
friends to take a deep breath and Think Positively and Act on what’s
in the best interest of our Harari Society. To think otherwise, in
an attempt to prove that the other party is wrong is not the way to
go.
Our society
is in dire need of good leadership, a leadership that takes collaborative
and compromising approach, a leadership that brings us together and
leads us by example. Here is the message from all Hararis; we really
don't care who wins or who loses at the end (If there is an end to
it ). But instead, we all want to win. Albert Einstein observed, “The
significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of
thinking we were at when we created them”
Mohammed Zakaria
Toronto
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