In recent days, leaving a government office and in the elevator I met a very special group of Colombians, two middle-aged women and a boy about 13 years. While el ascensor iba bajando el muchacho comentó "está haciendo frío". La respuesta de la señora, que me imagino era la mamá, fue un "vaciadón" que se extendió durante todos los 24 pisos de viaje: "Ud es el único que siente frío en esa oficina, todo el mundo tiene calor". Salí rápidamente del ascensor pensando en que hacía rato no veía tal explosión de rabia y de odio simplemente por hacer un comentario, sobre todo un comentario sobre el clima.
Solo Dios sabe cómo será la historia de la relación entre el muchacho y la señora, pero ese breve encuentro me hizo reflexionar sobre la naturaleza de las relaciones y por su puesto transformación de conflictos. Transformación conflict focuses especially on relationships. To transform the conflict is important to start with individuals.
how violence has affected how we relate to Colombians?, Is it possible to change negative patterns based on a constructive patterns of violence based on respect?. But perhaps what worries me most is how it is possible that after so many years working for peace, many workshops, so much research and many debates "veintejulieros" we still see in the newspaper publishing the time who say "we are a sick society resolve their conflicts in the most elementary know. "
If conflict transformation I bet the change in relationships, how we can change to something that is not known or practiced, such as respect for difference and freedom of opinion?
In recent days I read the last blog entry of Colombian Laura García "Lady ugly Colombia" which states: "Colombians tend to make a stubborn defense of the country using almost total denial of reality. O something worse: a makeup. " Also indicates allergy to criticism and "laziness of thinking" critically analyze the situation in the country. I agree with Laura. It's more me more questions, if so, how we will get back the peacemakers to this trend? or perhaps we are playing?. We have such a degree of mental laziness that does not occur to us new proposals to meet growing daily violence?
While in Colombia the analysis and analysts on issues of peace are abundant, why has not managed to permeate most of the Colombians? why these debates are limited to only a minority? At a recent conference different "sacred cows" in building peace in Colombia indicated that now the peace movement in Colombia has no clear proposals on a peace agenda. Interestingly also explained why in his opinion this was happening, or where it should begin to "propose an agenda for peace" ... The union of peace is another example of our national game: criticize, but not to propose. Definitely
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