What happens if I shifted slightly? Not too much to be uncomfortable but just slightly.

What happens if I took 10% off my position and allowed 10% of theirs to become part of me? How does that feel? Am I resisting? Can I go that far? Am I saying this is another ploy to get me to agree to them?

What am I holding on to?

What happens if I examined my position and realised it’s not all true?

What happens if there is no such thing as black and white? There is only an interpretation, none of us are right, none of us are wrong

What happens if I can only see part of the story? Can I ever see the whole thing?

What happens if my assumption of their position is wrong? Would that change the way I think?

What happens if there is another way, or another way again, or even god forbid another way again? Perhaps there are many ways to move forward, are we open to that potential?

What happens if I looked up? Breathed differently? Saw others as the same not different?

What happens if I looked at what we have in common? Explored all of that middle ground, stood back and saw the absolute sheer brilliance of what we do everyday?

What happens if I saw another human just trying to work it out and not “ them” versus me, what about the greatness, the possibility, the love, the spirit, the brilliance, the sorrows, the sadness, the vulnerability in the others round the table? What would I allow myself to see?

What would I see if i opened my eyes to the beauty, the sheer wonderfulness of everyone?

What happens if I looked with loving eyes? What would I see?

What happens if I shifted slightly? Not too much to be uncomfortable but just slightly