Conflict

I think it’s safe to say most don’t like conflicts, except for a chosen few. More about that later. A lot of us deal with the conflicts in our lives differently then others. Some seem to have the most annoying ability to just let things roll off them like water off a ducks back. Nothing bothers them. They always seem to have a smile which annoys me every time I see it, mainly because I have never had that ability and I’m extremely jealous. Then there are those who get really steamed up and quiet, but if you leave them alone things will be just fine. Then there’s the other annoying group who control themselves enough to take control of the situation. They know just what to say or not say, and are in control of the conflict instead of the conflict in control of them. The far left of the scale are the ones who let their opponent have it with both barrels like from a sawed off shotgun. It might have started off as a small conflict, but instead of just winning it you vaporized the other person.

Personally I’m not the first group, that’s why I find them so annoying. I have never been one to be able to just let things roll off my back. I wish I could as well as some other people in life, but I’m lucky to fall in the second group. I can go quite awhile until I reach a certain point and then I go from the second group to the fourth group so fast that it makes a Ferrari look like its standing still. What about the third group you say, well on those rare occasions I go and buy a lottery ticket. Granted sometimes people need to be hit with both barrels like someone drinking and driving, but my son not doing what I asked him to do because he was helping his baby sister, no. I don’t know about you, but I get real tired of asking for forgiveness when I do that and lately the lyrics from the country song “Lord, please help me help my stupid self” keep coming to mind.

Now let’s talk about the chosen few who seem to like conflicts. It will probably cost me a few donuts, but these are same annoying people who are from the third group. They seem to be able to take charge of a conflict with very controlled responses, of course the gun helps. I’m talking about the men and women who are doing there best to keep us safe from the bad guys and sometimes helping us with our stupid selves. Police officers are the only people I know that go to work and know that they are going to have to deal with a conflict at some point in their day if not several times. I know several officers personally and even when they are retired their still weird. God love them though, for unfortunately we desperately need these select few who put their lives on the line every day for never enough pay and not enough thank yous. Please except my personal THANK YOU.

The law enforcement industry is one industry, we all can agree on that we would like to see a business slow down. I would personally be happy to pay and officer to just sit around and do nothing, but unfortunately it’s one of those few government jobs that people don’t sit around at. Even when they are not on duty they are never really off. If you don’t believe me ask one of there spouses. We all can make it a little easier on them every day by just simply obeying the laws the best that we can, especially traffic laws. If people didn’t speed, drive drunk and get into accidents just think how much time they would have to go after the thieves, rapist, child molesters and murders. Cops have enough to worry about without us pulling bone head stupid stunts. Lets all do are part to be as safe as we can out there and thank an officer when we get a chance for doing a tough job while still being human themselves.