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Nuggets 88: Breaking Stalemate
Series: Nuggets
We were sitting in a college class. The professor asked two students to come forward. He had them extend their arms and push against each other, palms against palms. If one pushed harder, so did the other--a perfect example of ongoing deadlock. This happens in marriages when one spouse is determined to change some fault in the other and the other spouse resists. It happens between church leaders with an ongoing personality clash. It happens between two workers in a company. People stubbornly, habitually push against each other, refusing to give in. The result can be years of lost happiness or health or fruitfulness or productivity.