Resolution of Conflict

The dilemma like the paradox gives pause that lasts more than a moment.  The problem usually appears to be looming large and the moment for decision seems to require instantaneous decision that overwhelms the irresolvability typical of the dilemma.  The threat is enlargement of an earlier smaller problem, therein lies the reason that containment occurs early to be an ongoing action.  Til when?  Indefinitely - containment and definition are ongoing until some objective of a solution or resolution appear on the horizon.

In negotiating a difficult or dire scenario, usually advancement must be gradual upon the desire of reaching the compromise that promises to resolve the appearance and actuality of escalation and worsening, initially, to be followed with more defined motion towards a peaceful outcome.  As ideal as such an approach is, no prescience of the precise sequence of events is guaranteed.

Stability of a situation is no stasis; stasis is as a plateau while movement does not define whether a situation is standing.  The standing situation implies the parties remain engaged but no remarkable change to the situation is occurring.  The stable situation is plateau-like in that the sense of ultimate peaceful resolution remains in sight for all parties.  Such is my definition.  A worsening situation requires that the objective of compromise be returned to the horizon.

The dilemma - there are many possibilities or at least more than one which could be an option, whether solely or as one amongst others to be adopted.  

To push ahead upon a dilemma, tendrils of each probable possibility should be extended and at numbers as determined beforehand depending on the likelihood of success.  What outcome sought for each possibility could be projected so that evaluations were possible in parallel and comparatively.

We are not at conflict, we must ultimately discover.  There was no precedent that is equivalent, we must premise.  What situation stands we must determine, but not before reaching forward with the projective and inductive hand of positive suggestions, communication and ingenuity.

I think it is likely that much of what was said here is known by many and already attempted, many to success and some not so much.  In courage we must proceed into the future - the future has always been uncertain and unknown, therein lies the glory the past as recalled by us the future generations today.  Only upon the shoulders of giants, whether remembered by name or not, could we advance on level footing on terrains we have never known for ourselves.  Recollect, I urge each of you, nothing has ever died in darkness, memory itself is light.  The recollection of our best has not been of our strong suit of late, understandably, but when matters call we must answer with valiance and yield to the truths in our minds and hearts.