Search Mediators Near You:

Simple Magic – A haiku

stay in dialog,
resisting tug to withdraw
or to power-play

patience wins the war,
risk raises its daring head
above the foxhole

conciliation,
as Mother Apology,
bravely lifts her veil

me-against-you fades,
us-against-it emerges,
“we” supersedes “I”

both science and art,
mediation’s a life-skill
… it's simple magic

 

“Simple Magic” was the original working title of the first edition (1988) of my book Managing Differences, which remains the sourcebook for courses offered by Mediation Training Institute at Eckerd College (mediationworks.com).

                        author

Daniel Dana

Holding the Ph.D. in psychology, Dan Dana served for several years as a professor of organizational behavior at the University of Hartford (Connecticut) Graduate School of Business, and has held faculty appointments at Syracuse University and several other institutions. (A former student once called him "Doctor Conflict," and the moniker stuck!) Dan… MORE >

Featured Mediators

ad
View all

Read these next

Category

I Am Racist But

From the CMP Resolution Blog of John Crawley, Lesley Allport and Katherine Graham.Business in the Community’s challenging and inspiring report ‘Aspiration and Frustration’ opens with a reminder how resistant racism...

By John Crawley
Category

Mediation in Italy

Introduction Even if mediation in its multiple meanings (family, civil, commercial, corporate, environmental, social, etc.) is well known in Italy for many years, Italy is one of those countries where...

By Alessandro Bruni
Category

Grumpiness And Sharing A Meal

PGP Mediation Blog by Phyllis G. Pollack During one of my early meditation training classes, the teacher suggested that we set out food in the conference rooms during the mediation...

By Phyllis Pollack

Find a Mediator