Continuing with our management skills project... this week I though about conflict management and resolution. It has been a rough week to be a leader in an emergency room. We remained very busy all week and our staff is weary. We have had an ER full of really sick people and we all pulled together to do a really great job taking care of them. No real conflict to resolve there. Where I do have conflict sometimes is in my own mind. I woke up this morning knowing that I wanted to get out and take some shots. I set the alarm so that I could again be in position for the golden hour around sunrise... filled the tank with gas and realized I had NO IDEA where I wanted to go... let the conflict begin. I began driving north... then changed my mind and turned west... then changed my mind again and turned east... by the time I got out of town I had missed an exquisitely beautiful sunrise that comes only from a mostly cloudy sky. I knew I had missed my chance for a great shot because the mostly cloudy sky that makes for a great sunrise makes for an overcast day and I am just the kind of great photographer that can turn a cloudy day into a great photo... YET. So I hit shuffle on my music and decided I would just go for a drive to see what I could see. I found myself driving out of town toward the Parhanghat Valley about an hour outside of Las Vegas.
Let me just say... I love the desert and have always been drawn to it. I love the vegetation and the rock formations and would not trade where I live... but sometimes it is nice to see the color green that only comes from moist nitrogen rich soil. So I sat by the lake for about an hour and took some shots and again let my mind wander. I got some good stuff and scoped out some future sites but most importantly my inability to resolve the conflicts in my own mind I was able to find to peace to quiet that mind long enough to hear natures morning song... and I saw a BEAVER!!! (I think)... stop the snickering :)
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