Some points to ponder for a happy life:
It is still a beautiful world. Life is what you make it. You hold the power to make it a wonderful life and a wonderful world.
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Not bad advice but, there are times when unpleasant discussions are totally necessary.
You said right . . . in my 57 years or so of discussions leading to debates and heated arguments with snarling and growling I ended up with a bloody nose, a black eye and a bruised ego countless times. LOL
Just to clarify, I've been in such discussions since I was maybe 5 years old. I'm now 62.