Mixed messages?

Today I was sitting in my car at HEB wrapping a present and a man in his pick up behind me was irritated about a car in front of him that was not moving. He started honking. His windows were down and he yelled, "Go, go, go! Don't stop there you g** d*** m***** f*****!" He finally was able to move and made a loop around and I heard him honking and cussing some more and then...he pulled into the now empty parking space next to me. This is what was on the back of his truck window...
At first I thought it was a mixed message but, because it was such a paradox, I thought about it a lot. It was a concrete experience that exemplified something that I've been learning: It's really only the conflict that motivates me to seek a deeper peace. So, in a way, this man could be an unwitting teacher of peace if the one he attacks wants to and works to find peace in the presence of the conflict! And, it's always POSSIBLE that sometimes the one who seems to not understand, who causes a 'problem', is one who might completely understand and who behaves as a pain-in-the-ass catalyst to teach another to work to find authentic peace in every moment,...at all cost!

So, what might appear to be two things that are opposites, at odds with each other, they can also be considered to be counterbalances, a pressure used to bring about a truer preference...not by pushing against but by learning through. After all, I have control with one perspective but basically none with the other!

I found another version of this bumper sticker at NorthernSun.com

The symbols that create the words "Teach Peace" are: Christian Cross; Male and Female; Jewish Star; Islamic Star and Crescent; Baha'i 9 Pointed Star; Peace Sign. Additional religious symbols are: Taoist Yin Yang; Buddhist Wheel; Hindu Om; Native American Indian Kokopelli; Zia Sun; Sikh Khanda; Indian Jainism; Pagan Pentagram; Atheist Atom; Unitarian Chalice

It reminds me of that more familiar bumper sticker...

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