Compassionate action, being there for others, speaking in a way that communicates, without making ourselves right or wrong. The larger alternative is to open up to what we feel and begin celebrating aspects of ourselves that we found so impossible before.
Conservation is impossible without a sound understanding of cycles. Unless we remember how precious something is, how much effort it took to come into being, we do not value it. We are part of these same cycles; we should contemplate and act within that context.
We cannot attain clarity and simplicity by avoiding the world. Do your work, take care of others, practice virtue without expecting it of others, and when you understand the higher truths retain an ordinary manner, this is true clarity, true simplicity, true living.
In life conflict between differing opinions arises everywhere. Generally, dispute arises from not having the flexibility in considering the others opinion. Whether you win or lose is not enjoyable. It is better to solve the dispute before it goes too far, usually by meeting your opponent halfway.
Quote: The person who never alters his opinions is like standing water and breeds reptiles of the mind.