today i'm thinking about compromise. word with many meanings, but i'm thinking about an agreement where both sides make concessions in service of a bigger goal. it's an important skill to have, and something that the world definitely needs more of. in a way it's like alchemy or magic, giving something up to get something more, doesn't seem to make sense at all, but it happens all the time. compromises are hard though, because we only feel our sacrifice, and the upside we are giving something up for is only a hypothetical, until another party agrees to make a similar tough decision. there's definitely a leap of logic, faith, and trust involved in any compromise, and nobody likes to get the worse part of a deal, but anyone whose made a good one knows their value. compromises can lead to a lot of things, forgiveness for example is a compromise, so too is is mercy, sometimes even kindness feels like a compromise, but what is the world without these things? not one i'd like to live in. so think about compromise today, places in your life you can benefit from one, and be on the lookout for compromises you can make to get something bigger.
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