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Butting Heads

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Do you feel like you are always butting heads with others? Your colleagues, boss, kids, family, friends or even your pets. Do they not agree, always have another opinion, feel they are right and you are wrong, or just want to argue to argue?

 Stop Butting Heads and Get Along

So what are your options here? Talk it out and listen to their opinion, get a third party to intermediate, or ignore them and stay frustrated.

Stop Butting Heads and Get Along

 

I just spent 2 days at the zoo and watched the animals there interacting with each other. Interesting enough, most of the animals I observed clashed verbally, bumping heads or antlers or striking with arms (paws). But interesting enough most of these animals immediately made up and sat down together. The fighting seemed to be over territory or food and in the animal world, these are important to them. Our issues with each other are usually more complex than territory or food but still why can't the issues be resolved?

 Stop Butting Heads and Get Along

We are much more civilized than animals and should be able to work out our differences easier but do we? Studies have proven that people who are under the least amount of stress will live longer and basically are happier and healthier.

So be happy, work out any disputes, enjoy life to the fullest

 Stop Butting Heads and Get Along

Hope you enjoy my pictures from the San Diego Zoo, Balboa Park, 2920 Zoo Drive, San Diego, CA 92101.

Stop Butting Heads and Get Along

These photographs taken in Southern CA. by Kristin Hamilton

 

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John McCormack, CRS
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Great photos and really like Jack's comment :)

Aug 01, 2012 11:51 AM
Regina P. Brown
MBA Broker Consultants - Carlsbad, CA
M.B.A., Broker, Instructor

Kristin, we might have different opinions and we must understand where they're coming from, even if we don't we still need to respect each other's opinion.

I enjoyed looking at the pictures!  The 3rd one with the birds, are they fighting or are they kissing?

Aug 01, 2012 11:59 AM
Kristin Hamilton CA REALTOR
Berkshire Hathaway California Realty - Beaumont, CA
(909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning

Hi Jack,

Thanks for stopping by and commenting. I hope I did help get rid of your headache. I did not put a picture in my post but one monkey was so disturbed that he was hitting his head against the window of his enclosed pen. I bet he had a headache later.

 

Aug 01, 2012 12:04 PM
Kristin Hamilton CA REALTOR
Berkshire Hathaway California Realty - Beaumont, CA
(909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning

Hi John,

I liked Jack's comments too. Thanks for stopping by and hope your week has started off great.

Aug 01, 2012 12:05 PM
Kristin Hamilton CA REALTOR
Berkshire Hathaway California Realty - Beaumont, CA
(909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning

Hi Regina ,

I certainly agree with you completely. We must respect each other regardless of differences. All of the animals were fighting and the Flamingos are pretty nasty fighters. You can hear them bickering with each other and they are loud.

Aug 01, 2012 12:10 PM
Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@properties - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital

Kristin, actually, these guys look pretty civilized compared to some of the stuff we humans do to each other.

Aug 01, 2012 01:06 PM
Kristin Hamilton CA REALTOR
Berkshire Hathaway California Realty - Beaumont, CA
(909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning

Hi Patricia,

I am sure their is a lot of fighting we do not see at the zoo as they probably move them if they are agressive but yes you are so right too about humans not being so civilized. Thanks for stopping by to comment. I think we should take a hard look at the wild animals and see how they work things out without lawsuits and extreme force.

Aug 01, 2012 01:28 PM
Ruthmarie Hicks
Keller Williams NY Realty - 120 Bloomingdale Road #101, White Plains NY 10605 - White Plains, NY

I have to say this hit a big chord with me.  The buyers I have been dealing with lately make me want to bang my head against the wall repeatedly. They want to see 100 homes before they will make a decision, then they lowball and dig in their heels.  Even though the comps clearly show that they are off by about 5%.   Getting people to be reasonable has become the exception not the rule. 

Aug 01, 2012 01:37 PM
William Johnson
Retired - La Jolla, CA
Retired
Hi Kristine, Great collection of photos and the message is right on as well. Good Job and glad you enjoyed the zoo. It is a remarkable place and there are so many things hidden there, I always am surprised when I find things I hadn't seen before.
Aug 01, 2012 02:00 PM
Kristin Hamilton CA REALTOR
Berkshire Hathaway California Realty - Beaumont, CA
(909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning

Hi Ruthmarie,

I am glad you enjoyed my article. I have had difficult buyers too and they just don't get it about the price. If they get rejected so many times, they usually figure out that the low ball offers just do not get accepted. Plus when they stall, they loose out on great homes to other buyers. Hopefully they will become reasonable and you will get them a lovely home at a fair price.

I am always amazed when they are in such a rush and then all of a sudden when you find that perfect house, they get hard to reach and slow down and hem and hah!

Aug 01, 2012 02:24 PM
Kristin Hamilton CA REALTOR
Berkshire Hathaway California Realty - Beaumont, CA
(909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning

Hi William, It is a wonderful place and I enjoy going every few years but will make it more often as they have some new construction going on right now so next spring will be exciting as well. I agree, everytime we go, we see something new that has been there but just didn't see it before?

I like this peacock that was walking up on the roof as you come in.

Birds in CaliforniaBirds in California

Aug 01, 2012 02:47 PM
David Shamansky
US Mortgages - David Shamansky - Highlands Ranch, CO
Creative, Aggressive & 560 FICO - OK, Colorado Mtg

I think (as your pics show) its just part of reality human and animals.

Oh and yes  I see more conflict recently, is it something in the air???

Aug 01, 2012 03:32 PM
Kristin Hamilton CA REALTOR
Berkshire Hathaway California Realty - Beaumont, CA
(909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning

Hi David,

I have been studying crime for many years and the crime stats had started going down in southern Calfornia about 3 years years ago due to increased patrol and clearing cold cases but recently the crime is increasing again in this area. Don't know what it might be but perhaps due to layoffs and furloughs plus more foreclosures recently.

I am not sure if it is in the air or just our environment

Aug 01, 2012 04:17 PM
Jack Mossman - The Nines Team at Keller Williams in Lodi
The Nines Team at Keller Williams in Lodi - Lodi, CA
The Nines Team in Lodi

Kristin - I'm pretty sure that I must be related to that monkey!  There's that old saying .... we keep hitting our heads against the wall because it feels so good when we stop!

Aug 02, 2012 12:09 PM
Kristin Hamilton CA REALTOR
Berkshire Hathaway California Realty - Beaumont, CA
(909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning

Hi Jack,

You are so funny and yes I am sure it does feel good when we stop butting our heads. Take an aspirin and call me in the morning.

Aug 02, 2012 01:56 PM
Steve Hoffacker
Steve Hoffacker LLC - West Palm Beach, FL
Certified Aging In Place Specialist-Instructor

Kristin,

Looking at that first shot all I can think of is "ouch." :)

Steve

Aug 03, 2012 04:01 PM
Kristin Hamilton CA REALTOR
Berkshire Hathaway California Realty - Beaumont, CA
(909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning

Hi Steve,

And those little guys are solid muscle maybe 80 lbs and moving fast at each other. I am sure it hurt both of them.

Aug 04, 2012 12:45 AM
Steve Hoffacker
Steve Hoffacker LLC - West Palm Beach, FL
Certified Aging In Place Specialist-Instructor

Kristin,

I'll bet it did too. The question is did the ground shake? :)

Steve

Aug 07, 2012 10:36 AM
Steve Hoffacker
Steve Hoffacker LLC - West Palm Beach, FL
Certified Aging In Place Specialist-Instructor

Kristin,

Congratulations. Your post is now featured in "Silent Saturday." :)

Steve

Aug 07, 2012 10:36 AM
Kristin Hamilton CA REALTOR
Berkshire Hathaway California Realty - Beaumont, CA
(909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning

Hi Steve,

I don't know if the ground shook but they were sure mad and fighting. But when we walked by a few hours later they were all napping and happy again. They don't hold grudges like people do!

Thanks for the feature in your Silent Saturday group.

Aug 07, 2012 12:38 PM